Death Of Gormlaith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CDEF GHHI JKKJ CLLC AIIA MAAM| Gormlaith wife of Niall Glendu | A |
| Happy was your dream that night | A |
| Dreamt you woke in sudden fright | A |
| Niall of Ulster stood by you | B |
| - | |
| Niall of Ulster dead and gone | C |
| Many a year had come again | D |
| Him who was in battle slain | E |
| Now your glad eyes rest upon | F |
| - | |
| Well your gaze caressed him o'er | G |
| His dark head you loved so well | H |
| Where the coulin curled and fell | H |
| On the clever brow he bore | I |
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| Those brave shoulders wide and strong | J |
| Many a Dane had quaked to see | K |
| Never a phantom fair as he | K |
| Wife of Glendu gazed so long | J |
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| Glad Queen Gormlaith at the dawn | C |
| Up you sprang to draw him near | L |
| Ah the grey cock loud and clear | L |
| Crew and then the Ghost was gone | C |
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| Stretched your arms in vain request | A |
| Slipped and fell and wounded sore | I |
| Called his name then spake no more | I |
| For the bed stick pierced your breast | A |
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| Queen your smiling lips were dumb | M |
| With that last dear name you cried | A |
| Yet some had it ere you died | A |
| Niall of Ulster whispered Come | M |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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