To Melpomene Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB| Lofty and enduring is the monument I've reared | A |
| Come tempests with your bitterness assailing | B |
| And thou corrosive blasts of time by all things mortal feared | A |
| Thy buffets and thy rage are unavailing | B |
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| I shall not altogether die by far my greater part | C |
| Shall mock man's common fate in realms infernal | D |
| My works shall live as tributes to my genius and my art | C |
| My works shall be my monument eternal | D |
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| While this great Roman empire stands and gods protect our fanes | E |
| Mankind with grateful hearts shall tell the story | F |
| How one most lowly born upon the parched Apulian plains | E |
| First raised the native lyric muse to glory | F |
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| Assume revered Melpomene the proud estate I've won | G |
| And with thine own dear hand the meed supplying | B |
| Bind thou about the forehead of thy celebrated son | G |
| The Delphic laurel wreath of fame undying | B |
Eugene Field
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