The Queen Deposed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HEIE EJEJ EDED KLKL| I was the queen of Karl a northern king | A |
| Amazon Olga and I rode his Ban | B |
| A stallion in the royal ring | A |
| Who would not bear a man | B |
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| And in Ban's saddle did I feel the pains | C |
| For my first born the king's sole hope his heir | D |
| My Karl himself would loose the reins | C |
| Would take me up the stair | D |
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| Low was the murmur of the royal troops | E |
| Below I saw the tapers' twinkling light | F |
| I heard a cry My queen she droops | E |
| Then fell eternal night | F |
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| No more was Olga queen for any king | A |
| The pathway round a throne she could not tread | G |
| Nor triumph in the royal ring | A |
| The boy she bore was dead | G |
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| The cloister hers she chose the cloak and hood | H |
| And beads of olive wood a pouch for alms | E |
| So begged she Christ for thy dear rood | I |
| Laus Deo sang thy psalms | E |
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| Why am I here This country is my king's | E |
| The lovely river wooded hills above | J |
| Old St Sebastian's church bell rings | E |
| There flies the silver dove | J |
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| That flitted by the day we came to praise | E |
| Our gracious Mary for a granted prayer | D |
| Heralds trumps the same gay maze | E |
| Of troops King Karl is there | D |
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| Laus Deo with a child and with his mate | K |
| She wins the throne by bringing him a son | L |
| Babes make or mar our queenly fate | K |
| My woman's life is done | L |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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