Julia. An Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL GMGM NONO PQPQ RSRS TETE UVUV W| NOTE The following imitation of Cowper's Boadicea was written in most of its predictions have since been fulfilled | A |
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| When the Cambridge flower show ended | B |
| And the flowers and guests were gone | C |
| And the evening shades descended | B |
| Roamed a man forlorn alone | D |
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| Sage beside the River slow | E |
| Sat the Don renowned for lore | F |
| And in accents soft and low | E |
| To the elms his love did pour | F |
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| Julia if my learned eyes | G |
| Gaze upon thy matchless face | H |
| 'Tis because I feel there lies | G |
| Magic in thy lovely grace | H |
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| I will marry write that threat | I |
| In the ink I daily waste | J |
| Marry pay each College debt | I |
| College Ale no more will taste | J |
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| Granta far and wide renowned | K |
| Frowns upon the married state | L |
| Soon her pride shall kiss the ground | K |
| Hark Reform is at the gate | L |
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| Other Fellows shall arise | G |
| Proud to own a husband's name | M |
| Proud to own their infants' cries | G |
| Harmony the path to fame | M |
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| Then the progeny that springs | N |
| From our ancient College walls | O |
| Armed with trumpets noisy things | N |
| Shall astound us by their squalls | O |
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| Sounds no wrangler yet has heard | P |
| Our posterity shall fright | Q |
| E'en 'the Eagle ' valiant bird | P |
| Shall betake itself to flight | Q |
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| Such the thoughts that through him whirl'd | R |
| Pensively reclining there | S |
| Smiling as his fingers curled | R |
| His divinely glowing hair | S |
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| He with all a lover's pride | T |
| Felt his manly bosom glow | E |
| Sought the Bull besought the Bride | T |
| All she said was No Sir No | E |
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| Julia pitiless as cold | U |
| Lo the vengeance due from Heaven | V |
| College Living he doth hold | U |
| Single bliss to thee is given | V |
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| The Eagle is the well known Magazine of St John's College Cambridge | W |
Edward Woodley Bowling
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