On The Campagna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIG GJJKLG MDNJDO ADPGBH| Stop on the Appian Way | A |
| In the Roman Campagna | B |
| Stop at my tomb | C |
| The tomb of Cecilia Metella | D |
| To day as you see it | E |
| Alaric saw it ages ago | F |
| When he with his pale visaged Goths | G |
| Sat at the gates of Rome | H |
| Reading his Runic shield | I |
| Odin thy curse remains | G |
| - | |
| Beneath these battlements | G |
| My bones were stirred with Roman pride | J |
| Though centuries before my Romans died | J |
| Now my bones are dust the Goths are dust | K |
| The river bed is dry where sleeps the king | L |
| My tomb remains | G |
| - | |
| When Rome commanded the earth | M |
| Great were the Metelli | D |
| I was Metella's wife | N |
| I loved him and I died | J |
| Then with slow patience built he this memorial | D |
| Each century marks his love | O |
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| Pass by on the Appian Way | A |
| The tomb of Cecilia Metella | D |
| Wild shepherds alone seek its shelter | P |
| Wild buffaloes tramp at its base | G |
| Deep is its desolation | B |
| Deep as the shadow of Rome | H |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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