Tennyson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFGE HIIH JGGJ KLMK NOON| The noble lion groweth old | A |
| The weight of years his eyesight dims | B |
| And strength deserts his mighty limbs | B |
| His once warm blood runs slow and cold | A |
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| The sunlight of another day | C |
| Slants through the jungle's tangled mass | D |
| He marks the shadows but alas | D |
| Sees not the sun among them play | C |
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| His regal head lies buried deep | E |
| Between his paws his reign is o'er | F |
| His great voice stirs the world no more | G |
| And round his lair the jackals creep | E |
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| They scent their prey and with the joy | H |
| Of meaner natures far and wide | I |
| From deep obscurity they glide | I |
| The dying monarch to annoy | H |
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| With naked fangs they circle round | J |
| And fiercely snarl until once more | G |
| The thicket quivers at his roar | G |
| And all their paltry yelps are drowned | J |
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| The woodland with his voice is thrilled | K |
| Though hope abandoned mars the strain | L |
| But echoes cease and then again | M |
| With jackal barks the air is filled | K |
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| Though dying he is royal yet | N |
| Even now earth doth not hold his peer | O |
| Bark jackals bark ere dies the year | O |
| The world your tumult will forget | N |
Arthur Weir
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