Death Of The Old Sea King Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DGHG IJKJ LMNM OPQP JRDR SNJN TMUM PDVD| 'Twas a fearful night the tempest raved | A |
| With loud and wrathful pride | B |
| The storm king harnessed his lightning steeds | C |
| And rode on the raging tide | B |
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| The sea king lay on his bed of death | D |
| Pale mourners around him bent | E |
| They knew the wild and fitful life | F |
| Of their chief was almost spent | E |
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| His ear was growing dull in death | D |
| When the angry storm he heard | G |
| The sluggish blood in the old man's veins | H |
| With sudden vigor stirred | G |
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| I hear them call cried the dying man | I |
| His eyes grew full of light | J |
| Now bring me here my warrior robes | K |
| My sword and armor bright | J |
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| In the tempest's lull I heard a voice | L |
| I knew 'twas Odin's call | M |
| The Valkyrs are gathering round my bed | N |
| To lead me unto his hall | M |
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| Bear me unto my noblest ship | O |
| Light up a funeral pyre | P |
| I'll walk to the palace of the braves | Q |
| Through a path of flame and fire | P |
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| Oh wild and bright was the stormy light | J |
| That flashed from the old man's eye | R |
| As they bore him from the couch of death | D |
| To his battle ship to die | R |
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| And lit with many a mournful torch | S |
| The sea king's dying bed | N |
| And like a banner fair and bright | J |
| The flames around him spread | N |
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| But they heard no cry of anguish | T |
| Break through that fiery wall | M |
| With rigid brow and silent lips | U |
| He was seeking Odin's hall | M |
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| Through a path of fearful splendor | P |
| While strong men held their breath | D |
| The brave old man went boldly forth | V |
| And calmly talked with death | D |
Frances E. W. Harper
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