I Know An Old Man Constrained To Dwell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED BFBF GHGH GIGI JKJK LMNM ONPN| I know an aged Man constrained to dwell | A |
| In a large house of public charity | B |
| Where he abides as in a Prisoner's cell | A |
| With numbers near alas no company | B |
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| When he could creep about at will though poor | C |
| And forced to live on alms this old Man fed | D |
| A Redbreast one that to his cottage door | E |
| Came not but in a lane partook his bread | D |
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| There at the root of one particular tree | B |
| An easy seat this worn out Labourer found | F |
| While Robin pecked the crumbs upon his knee | B |
| Laid one by one or scattered on the ground | F |
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| Dear intercourse was theirs day after day | G |
| What signs of mutual gladness when they met | H |
| Think of their common peace their simple play | G |
| The parting moment and its fond regret | H |
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| Months passed in love that failed not to fulfil | G |
| In spite of season's change its own demand | I |
| By fluttering pinions here and busy bill | G |
| There by caresses from a tremulous hand | I |
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| Thus in the chosen spot a tie so strong | J |
| Was formed between the solitary pair | K |
| That when his fate had housed him 'mid a throng | J |
| The Captive shunned all converse proffered there | K |
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| Wife children kindred they were dead and gone | L |
| But if no evil hap his wishes crossed | M |
| One living Stay was left and on that one | N |
| Some recompence for all that he had lost | M |
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| Oh that the good old Man had power to prove | O |
| By message sent through air or visible token | N |
| That still he loves the Bird and still must love | P |
| That friendship lasts though fellowship is broken | N |
William Wordsworth
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