Is Life A Boon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDAEEEA FGGFHHFCCDF| Is life a boon | A |
| If so it must befall | B |
| That Death whene'er he call | B |
| Must call too soon | A |
| Though fourscore years he give | C |
| Yet one would pray to live | D |
| Another moon | A |
| What kind of plaint have I | E |
| Who perish in July | E |
| I might have had to die | E |
| Perchance in June | A |
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| Is life a thorn | F |
| Then count it not a whit | G |
| Man is well done with it | G |
| Soon as he's born | F |
| He should all means essay | H |
| To put the plague away | H |
| And I war worn | F |
| Poor captured fugitive | C |
| My life most gladly give | C |
| I might have had to live | D |
| Another morn | F |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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