The Shakespearean sonnet has the rhyme scheme;
<em>ABAB CDCD EFEF GG </em>
<em>When we were children, </em>A
<em>We used to play all the time. </em>B
<em>I remember back then, </em>A
<em>When everything was fine. </em>B
<em>Now we're older, </em>C
<em>We go out, we dine, </em>D
<em>The nights get colder, </em>C
<em>I should have seen the sign. </em>D
<em>Now I'm waiting on a letter, </em>E
<em>It should come in time... </em>F
<em>If only I'd known better. </em>E
<em>You were never really mine. </em>F
<em>Wanting what was never ours, </em>G
<em>Can leave us wishing upon the stars. </em>G
