The Unconquered Air Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCB DEDFEF A GHHGGHIG JJKLLM| I | A |
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| Others endure Man's rule he therefore deems | B |
| I shall endure it I the unconquered Air | C |
| Imagines this triumphant strength may bear | C |
| His paltry sway yea ignorantly dreams | B |
| Because proud Rhea now his vassal seems | B |
| And Neptune him obeys in billowy lair | C |
| That he a more sublime assault may dare | C |
| Where blown by tempest wild the vulture screams | B |
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| Presumptuous he mounts I toss his bones | D |
| Back from the height supernal he has braved | E |
| Ay as his vessel nears my perilous zones | D |
| I blow the cockle shell away like chaff | F |
| And give him to the Sea he has enslaved | E |
| He founders in its depths and then I laugh | F |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| Impregnable I held myself secure | G |
| Against intrusion Who can measure Man | H |
| How should I guess his mortal will outran | H |
| Defeat so far that danger could allure | G |
| For its own sake that he would all endure | G |
| All sacrifice all suffer rather than | H |
| Forego the daring dreams Olympian | I |
| That prophesy to him of victory sure | G |
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| Ah tameless courage dominating power | J |
| That all attempting in a deathless hour | J |
| Made earth born Titans godlike in revolt | K |
| Fear is the fire that melts Icarian wings | L |
| Who fears nor Fate nor Time nor what Time brings | L |
| May drive Apollo's steeds or wield the thunderbolt | M |
Florence Earle Coates
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