Dysthanatos - Sonnets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BAABBAABCCDCD| Ad generem Cereris sine c de et vulnere pauci | A |
| Descendunt reges aut sicc morte tyranni | B |
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| By no dry death another king goes down | B |
| The way of kings Yet may no free man's voice | A |
| For stern compassion and deep awe rejoice | A |
| That one sign more is given against the crown | B |
| That one more head those dark red waters drown | B |
| Which rise round thrones whose trembling equipoise | A |
| Is propped on sand and bloodshed and such toys | A |
| As human hearts that shrink at human frown | B |
| The name writ red on Polish earth the star | C |
| That was to outshine our England's in the far | C |
| East heaven of empire where is one that saith | D |
| Proud words now prophesying of this White Czar | C |
| 'In bloodless pangs few kings yield up their breath | D |
| Few tyrants perish by no violent death ' | - |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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