Ode To Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDCDDAEAFEGHGHH IJIJJ| FRIEND of the wretched wherefore should the eye | A |
| Of blank Despair whence tears have ceased to flow | B |
| Be turn'd from thee Ah wherefore fears to die | A |
| He who compell'd each poignant grief to know | B |
| Drains to its lowest dregs the cup of woe | B |
| Would Cowardice postpone thy calm embrace | C |
| To linger out long years in torturing pain | D |
| Or not prefer thee to the ills that chase | C |
| Him who too much impoverish'd to obtain | D |
| From British Themis right implores her aid in vain | D |
| Sharp goading Indigence who would not fly | A |
| That urges toil the exhausted strength above | E |
| Or shun the once fond friend's averted eye | A |
| Or who to thy asylum not remove | F |
| To lose the wasting anguish of ungrateful love | E |
| Can then the wounded wretch who must deplore | G |
| What most she loved to thy cold arms consign'd | H |
| Who hears the voice that soothed her soul no more | G |
| Fear thee O Death Or hug the chains that bind | H |
| To joyless cheerless life her sick reluctant mind | H |
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| Oh Misery's cure who e'er in pale dismay | I |
| Has watch'd the angel form they could not save | J |
| And seen their dearest blessing torn away | I |
| May well the terrors of thy triumph brave | J |
| Nor pause in fearful dread before the opening grave | J |
Charlotte Smith
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