An Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBA CCDDC AACCA AEEAC CFFCA C| WHAT boots it to be great | A |
| To live in royal state | A |
| And feast with kings | B |
| Since now all things | B |
| One doom await | A |
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| What boots it to be fair | C |
| Sweet eyes and golden hair | C |
| And youthful bloom | D |
| Since in the tomb | D |
| All foulness there | C |
| - | |
| To live in royal state | A |
| That is not to be great | A |
| Sweet eyes and golden hair | C |
| That is not to be fair | C |
| What is it to be great | A |
| - | |
| Content with thine estate | A |
| To serve thy God and King | E |
| In everything | E |
| That is it to be great | A |
| What is it to be fair | C |
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| Sweet modesty to wear | C |
| To keep thine honour sure | F |
| Thy bosom pure | F |
| That is it to be fair | C |
| Much boots it to be great | A |
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| Much boots it to be fair | C |
Frederick George Scott
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