Ivan The Czar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFE FGFGHIJI KLMLNOPH QRQRSETE UVUVWXTX YHYHHZA2Z B2C2B2D2E2F2G2F2 H2I2H2I2WFJ2F MK2KK2L2EM2 N2O2N2O2SP2Q2P2| He sat in silence on the ground | A |
| The old and haughty Czar | B |
| Lonely tho' princes girt him round | A |
| And leaders of the war | C |
| He had cast his jewell'd sabre | D |
| That many a field had won | E |
| To the earth beside his youthful dead | F |
| His fair and first born son | E |
| - | |
| With a robe of ermine for its bed | F |
| Was laid that form of clay | G |
| Where the light a stormy sunset shed | F |
| Thro' the rich tent made way | G |
| And a sad and solemn beauty | H |
| On the pallid face came down | I |
| Which the Lord of nations mutely watch'd | J |
| In the dust with his renown | I |
| - | |
| Low tones at last of wo and fear | K |
| From his full bosom broke | L |
| A mournful thing it was to hear | M |
| How then the proud man spoke | L |
| The voice that thro' the combat | N |
| Had shouted far and high | O |
| Came forth in strange dull hollow tones | P |
| Burden'd with agony | H |
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| 'There is no crimson on thy cheek | Q |
| And on thy lip no breath | R |
| I call thee and thou dost not speak | Q |
| They tell me this is death | R |
| And fearful things are whispering | S |
| That I the deed have done | E |
| For the honour of thy father's name | T |
| Look up look up my son | E |
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| 'Well might I know death's hue and mien | U |
| But on thine aspect boy | V |
| What till this moment have I seen | U |
| Save pride and tameless joy | V |
| Swiftest thou wert to battle | W |
| And bravest there of all | X |
| How could I think a warrior's frame | T |
| Thus like a flower should fall | X |
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| 'I will not bear that still cold look | Y |
| Rise up thou fierce and free | H |
| Wake as the storm wakes I will brook | Y |
| All save this calm from thee | H |
| Lift brightly up and proudly | H |
| Once more thy kindling eyes | Z |
| Hath my word lost its power on earth | A2 |
| I say to thee arise | Z |
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| 'Didst thou not know I lov'd thee well | B2 |
| Thou didst not and art gone | C2 |
| In bitterness of soul to dwell | B2 |
| Where man must dwell alone | D2 |
| Come back young fiery spirit | E2 |
| If but one hour to learn | F2 |
| The secrets of the folded heart | G2 |
| That seem'd to thee so stern | F2 |
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| 'Thou wert the first the first fair child | H2 |
| That in mine arms I press'd | I2 |
| Thou wert the bright one that hast smil'd | H2 |
| Like summer on my breast | I2 |
| I rear'd thee as an eagle | W |
| To the chase thy steps I led | F |
| I bore thee on my battle horse | J2 |
| I look upon thee dead | F |
| - | |
| 'Lay down my warlike banners here | M |
| Never again to wave | K2 |
| And bury my red sword and spear | K |
| Chiefs in my first born's grave | K2 |
| And leave me I have conquer'd | L2 |
| I have slain my work is done | E |
| Whom have I slain ye answer not | M2 |
| Thou too art mute my son ' | - |
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| And thus his wild lament was pour'd | N2 |
| Thro' the dark resounding night | O2 |
| And the battle knew no more his sword | N2 |
| Nor the foaming steed his might | O2 |
| He heard strange voices moaning | S |
| In every wind that sigh'd | P2 |
| From the searching stars of heaven he shrank | Q2 |
| Humbly the conqueror died | P2 |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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