The Fairy Host Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADBD EBBB BFGF AHIH JKGK| Pure white the shields their arms upbear | A |
| With silver emblems rare o'ercast | B |
| Amid blue glittering blades they go | C |
| The horns they blow are loud of blast | B |
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| In well instructed ranks of war | A |
| Before their Chief they proudly pace | D |
| Coerulean spears o'er every crest | B |
| A curly tressed pale visaged race | D |
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| Beneath the flame of their attack | E |
| Bare and black turns every coast | B |
| With such a terror to the fight | B |
| Flashes that mighty vengeful host | B |
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| Small wonder that their strength is great | B |
| Since royal in estate are all | F |
| Each hero's head a lion's fell | G |
| A golden yellow mane lets fall | F |
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| Comely and smooth their bodies are | A |
| Their eyes the starry blue eclipse | H |
| The pure white crystal of their teeth | I |
| Laughs out beneath their thin red lips | H |
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| Good are they at man slaying feats | J |
| Melodious over meats and ale | K |
| Of woven verse they wield the spell | G |
| At chess craft they excel the Gael | K |
Alfred Percival Graves
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