The Crazy World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDF GHGH IGIG JKLK DEDF| THE WORLD did say to me | A |
| My bread thou shalt not eat | B |
| I have no place for thee | A |
| In house nor field nor street | B |
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| I have on land nor sea | A |
| For thee nor home nor bread | C |
| I scarce can give to thee | A |
| A grave when thou art dead | C |
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| O crazy World said I | D |
| What is it thou canst give | E |
| Which wanting I must die | D |
| Or having I shall live | F |
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| When thou thy all hast spent | G |
| And all thy harvests cease | H |
| I still have nutriment | G |
| That groweth by decrease | H |
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| Thy streets will pass away | I |
| Thy towers of steel be rust | G |
| Thy heights to plains decay | I |
| Thyself be wandering dust | G |
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| But I go ever on | J |
| From prime to endless prime | K |
| I sit on Being s throne | L |
| A lord o er space and time | K |
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| Then crazy World said I | D |
| What is it thou canst give | E |
| Which wanting I must die | D |
| Or having I shall live | F |
William Gay
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