Ballade Of The Optimist by Andrew Lang 1905

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Ballade Of The Optimist

by Andrew Lang 1905

Heed not the folk who sing or say

In sonnet sad or sermon chill,

"Alas, alack, and well a day,

This round world's but a bitter pill."

Poor porcupines of fretful quill!

Sometimes we quarrel with our lot:

We, too, are sad and careful; still

We'd rather be alive than not.

What though we wish the cats at play

Would someone else's garden till;

Though Sophonisba drop the tray

And all our worshipped Worcester spill,

Though neighbours "practise" loud and shrill,

Though Maybe cold and June be hot,

Though April freeze and August grill,

We'd rather be alive than not.

And, sometimes on a summer's day

To self and every mortal ill

We give the slip, we steal away,

To walk beside some sedgy rill:

The darkening years, the cares that kill,

A little while are well forgot;

When deep in broom upon the hill,

We'd rather be alive than not.

Pistol, with oaths didst thou fulfil

The task thy braggart tongue begot,

We eat our leek with better will,

We'd rather be alive than not.

Rhyme Scheme Analysis of this Poem:

* Ballade Rhyme

A ballade is a lyric poem that follows the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC. Ballades typically have three, eight-line stanzas and conclude with a four-line stanza. The last line of each stanza is the same, which is called a refrain. 

And, sometimes on a summer's day (A) 

To self and every mortal ill (B) 

We give the slip, we steal away, (A) 

To walk beside some sedgy rill: (B) 

The darkening years, the cares that kill, (B) 

A little while are well forgot; (C) 

When deep in broom upon the hill, (B) 

We'd rather be alive than not. (C) 

Types of Rhyme of this Poem:

* Masculine Rhyme 

Because is a rhyme with one syllable of words.

Heed not the folk who sing or say 

In sonnet sad or sermon chill,

"Alas, alack, and well a day,

This round world's but a bitter pill."

Poor porcupines of fretful quill!

Sometimes we quarrel with our lot:

We, too, are sad and careful; still

We'd rather be alive than not.

Such as: say, day - chill, phill - quill, still - lot, not. 

* Alliteration 

is when a repeated initial consonant is in multiple words. 

“What though we wish the cats at play” 

“In sonnet sad or sermon chill,”

* Assonance

is when repeated vowel sounds across poetry. And having similar vowel sounds. 

What though we wish the cats at play

Would someone else's garden till;

Though Sophonisba drop the tray

And all our worshipped Worcester spill,