Samson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHIJ KKLL MMKK DDNN OOPP QQRR SSTT UUVV WWXX YYZZ PA2B2B2 UUDD C2C2D2D2 E2E2F2F2 KKLL G2G2A2A2 H2H2I2I2 J2J2K2K2 C2C2L2L2| Plunged in night I sit alone | A |
| Eyeless on this dungeon stone | A |
| Naked shaggy and unkempt | B |
| Dreaming dreams no soul hath dreamt | C |
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| Rats and vermin round my feet | D |
| Play unharmed companions sweet | D |
| Spiders weave me overhead | E |
| Silken curtains for my bed | E |
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| Day by day the mould I smell | F |
| Of this fungus blistered cell | F |
| Nightly in my haunted sleep | G |
| O'er my face the lizards creep | G |
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| Gyves of iron scrape and burn | H |
| Wrists and ankles when I turn | H |
| And my collared neck is raw | I |
| With the teeth of brass that gnaw | J |
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| God of Israel canst Thou see | K |
| All my fierce captivity | K |
| Do Thy sinews feel my pains | L |
| Hearest Thou the clanking chains | L |
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| Thou who madest me so fair | M |
| Strong and buoyant as the air | M |
| Tall and noble as a tree | K |
| With the passions of the sea | K |
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| Swift as horse upon my feet | D |
| Fierce as lion in my heat | D |
| Rending like a wisp of hay | N |
| All that dared withstand my way | N |
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| Canst Thou see me through the gloom | O |
| Of this subterranean tomb | O |
| Blinded tiger in his den | P |
| Once the lord and prince of men | P |
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| Clay was I the potter Thou | Q |
| With Thy thumb nail smooth'dst my brow | Q |
| Rolltdst the spittle moistened sands | R |
| Into limbs between Thy hands | R |
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| Thou didst pour into my blood | S |
| Fury of the fire and flood | S |
| And upon the boundless skies | T |
| Thou didst first unclose my eyes | T |
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| And my breath of life was flame | U |
| God like from the source it came | U |
| Whirling round like furious wind | V |
| Thoughts upgathered in the mind | V |
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| Strong Thou mad'st me till at length | W |
| All my weakness was my strength | W |
| Tortured am I blind and wrecked | X |
| For a faulty architect | X |
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| From the woman at my side | Y |
| Was I woman like to hide | Y |
| What she asked me as if fear | Z |
| Could my iron heart come near | Z |
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| Nay I scorned and scorn again | P |
| Cowards who their tongues restrain | A2 |
| Cared I no more for Thy laws | B2 |
| Than a wind of scattered straws | B2 |
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| When the earth quaked at my name | U |
| And my blood was all aflame | U |
| Who was I to lie and cheat | D |
| Her who clung about my feet | D |
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| From Thy open nostrils blow | C2 |
| Wind and tempest rain and snow | C2 |
| Dost Thou curse them on their course | D2 |
| For the fury of their force | D2 |
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| Tortured am I wracked and bowed | E2 |
| But the soul vvithin is proud | E2 |
| Dungeon fetters cannot still | F2 |
| Forces of the tameless will | F2 |
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| Israel's God come down and see | K |
| All my fierce captivity | K |
| Let Thy sinews feel my pains | L |
| With Thy fingers lift my chains | L |
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| Then with thunder loud and wild | G2 |
| Comfort Thou Thy rebel child | G2 |
| And with lightning split in twain | A2 |
| Loveless heart and sigthtless brain | A2 |
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| Give me splendour in my death | H2 |
| Not this sickening dungeon breath | H2 |
| Creeping down my blood like slime | I2 |
| Till it wastes me in my prime | I2 |
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| Give me back for one blind hour | J2 |
| Half my former rage and power | J2 |
| And some giant crisis send | K2 |
| Meet to prove a hero's end | K2 |
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| Then O God Thy mercy show | C2 |
| Crush him in the overthrow | C2 |
| At whose life they scorn and point | L2 |
| By its greatness out of joint | L2 |
Frederick George Scott
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