Ode On Solitude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK| Happy the man whose wish and care | A |
| A few paternal acres bound | B |
| Content to breathe his native air | A |
| In his own ground | B |
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| Whose heards with milk whose fields with bread | C |
| Whose flocks supply him with attire | D |
| Whose trees in summer yield him shade | E |
| In winter fire | D |
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| Blest who can unconcern'dly find | F |
| Hours days and years slide soft away | G |
| In health of body peace of mind | F |
| Quiet by day | G |
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| Sound sleep by night study and ease | H |
| Together mix'd sweet recreation | I |
| And innocence which most does please | H |
| With meditation | I |
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| Thus let me live unseen unknown | J |
| Thus unlamented let me dye | K |
| Steal from the world and not a stone | J |
| Tell where I lye | K |
Alexander Pope
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About Ode On Solitude
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