Abu Midjan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDAD BBEB FGCG BABA CHFH EBEB IBBB ICFC CCIC CAAA FAAA AAEA IJCJ KAFA FCBC BAAA BLBL| Underneath a tree at noontide | A |
| Abu Midjan sits distressed | A |
| Fetters on his wrists and ancles | B |
| And his chin upon his breast | A |
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| For the Emir's guard had taken | C |
| As they passed from line to line | D |
| Reeling in the camp at midnight | A |
| Abu Midjan drunk with wine | D |
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| Now he sits and rolls uneasy | B |
| Very fretful for he hears | B |
| Near at hand the shout of battle | E |
| And the din of driving spears | B |
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| Both his heels in wrath are digging | F |
| Trenches in the grassy soil | G |
| And his fingers clutch and loosen | C |
| Dreaming of the Persian spoil | G |
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| To the garden over weary | B |
| Of the sound of hoof and sword | A |
| Came the Emir's gentle lady | B |
| Anxious for her fighting lord | A |
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| Very sadly Abu Midjan | C |
| Hanging down his head for shame | H |
| Spake in words of soft appealing | F |
| To the tender hearted dame | H |
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| Lady while the doubtful battle | E |
| Ebbs and flows upon the plains | B |
| Here in sorrow meek and idle | E |
| Abu Midjan sits in chains | B |
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| Surely Saad would be safer | I |
| For the strength of even me | B |
| Give me then his armour Lady | B |
| And his horse and set me free | B |
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| When the day of fight is over | I |
| With the spoil that he may earn | C |
| To his chains if he is living | F |
| Abu Midjan will return | C |
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| She in wonder and compassion | C |
| Had not heart to say him nay | C |
| So with Saad's horse and armour | I |
| Abu Midjan rode away | C |
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| Happy from the fight at even | C |
| Saad told his wife at meat | A |
| How the army had been succoured | A |
| In the fiercest battle heat | A |
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| By a stranger horseman coming | F |
| When their hands were most in need | A |
| And he bore the arms of Saad | A |
| And was mounted on his steed | A |
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| How the faithful battled forward | A |
| Mighty where the stranger trod | A |
| Till they deemed him more than mortal | E |
| And an angel sent from God | A |
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| Then the lady told her master | I |
| How she gave the horse and mail | J |
| To the drunkard and had taken | C |
| Abu Midjan's word for bail | J |
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| To the garden went the Emir | K |
| Running to the tree and found | A |
| Torn with many wounds and bleeding | F |
| Abu Midjan meek and bound | A |
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| And the Emir loosed him saying | F |
| As he gave his hand for sign | C |
| Never more shall Saad's fetters | B |
| Chafe thee for a draught of wine | C |
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| Three times to the ground in silence | B |
| Abu Midjan bent his head | A |
| Then with glowing eyes uplifted | A |
| To the Emir spake and said | A |
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| While an earthly lord controlled me | B |
| All things for the wine I bore | L |
| Now since God alone shall judge me | B |
| Abu Midjan drinks no more | L |
Archibald Lampman
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