A Performance Of Henry V At Stratford-upon-avon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKK LMNO PQRGSTHUVWXYZA2| Nature teaches us our tongue again | A |
| And the swift sentences came pat I came | B |
| Into cool night rescued from rainy dawn | C |
| And I seethed with language Henry at | D |
| Harfleur and Agincourt came apt for war | E |
| In Ireland and the Middle East Here was | F |
| The riddling and right tongue the feeling words | G |
| Solid and dutiful Aspiring hope | H |
| Met purpose in advantages and He | I |
| That fights with me today shall be my brother | J |
| Say this is patriotic out of date | K |
| But you are wrong It never is too late | K |
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| For nights of stars and feet that move to an | L |
| Iambic measure all who clapped were linked | M |
| The theatre is our treasury and too | N |
| Our study school room house where mercy is | O |
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| Dispensed with justice Shakespeare has the mood | P |
| And draws the music from the dullest heart | Q |
| This is our birthright speeches for the dumb | R |
| And unaccomplished Henry has the words | G |
| For grief and we learn how to tell of death | S |
| With dignity All was as cold she said | T |
| As any stone and so we who lacked scope | H |
| For big or little deaths increase grow up | U |
| To purposes and means to face events | V |
| Of cruelty stupidity I walked | W |
| Fast under stars The Avon wandered on | X |
| Tomorrow and tomorrow Words aren't worn | Y |
| Out in this place but can renew our tongue | Z |
| Flesh out our feeling make us apt for life | A2 |
Elizabeth Jennings
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