The Wounded Eagle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJKKLLMM NNLLOOIL| Eagle this is not thy sphere | A |
| Warrior bird what seek'st thou here | B |
| Wherefore by the fountain's brink | C |
| Doth thy royal pinion sink | C |
| Wherefore on the violet's bed | D |
| Lay'st thou thus thy drooping head | D |
| Thou that hold'st the blast in scorn | E |
| Thou that wear'st the wings of mourn | E |
| - | |
| Eagle wilt thou not arise | F |
| Look upon thine own bright skies | F |
| Lift thy glance the fiery sun | G |
| There his pride pf place has won | G |
| And the mountain lark is there | H |
| And sweet sound hath fill'd the air | H |
| Hast thou left that realm on high | I |
| Oh it can be but to die | I |
| Eagle Eagle thou hast bowed | J |
| From thine empire o'er the cloud | J |
| Thou that hadst ethereal birth | K |
| Thou hast stoop'd too near the earth | K |
| And the hunter's shaft hath found thee | L |
| And the toils of death have bound thee | L |
| Wherefore didst thou leave thy place | M |
| Creature of a kingly race | M |
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| Wert thou weary of thy throne | N |
| Was the sky's dominion lone | N |
| Chill and lone it well might be | L |
| Yet that mighty wing was free | L |
| Now the chain is o'er thee cast | O |
| From thy heart the blood flows fast | O |
| Woe for gifted souls and high | I |
| Is not such their destiny | L |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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