Solitude: An Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD AEFGF AHIHI JKLKL JMAMA| I | A |
| How happy he who free from care | B |
| The rage of courts and noise of towns | C |
| Contented breaths his native air | B |
| In his own grounds | D |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Whose herds with milk whose fields with bread | E |
| Whose flocks supply him with attire | F |
| Whose trees in summer yield him shade | G |
| In winter fire | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Blest who can unconcern'dly find | H |
| Hours days and years slide swift away | I |
| In health of body peace of mind | H |
| Quiet by day | I |
| - | |
| IV | J |
| Sound sleep by night study and ease | K |
| Together mix'd sweet recreation | L |
| And innocence which most does please | K |
| With meditation | L |
| - | |
| V | J |
| Thus let me live unheard unknown | M |
| Thus unlamented let me dye | A |
| Steal from the world and not a stone | M |
| Tell where I lye | A |
Alexander Pope
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