Manfred (excerpt: Incantation) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJ KKLMNNOOPP QQRRSSKKTT DDCCCCUUHH VVKWXXYYJJ ZZKWA2A2WWB2B2| When the moon is on the wave | A |
| And the glow worm in the grass | B |
| And the meteor on the grave | A |
| And the wisp on the morass | B |
| When the falling stars are shooting | C |
| And the answer'd owls are hooting | C |
| And the silent leaves are still | D |
| In the shadow of the hill | D |
| Shall my soul be upon thine | E |
| With a power and with a sign | E |
| - | |
| Though thy slumber may be deep | F |
| Yet thy spirit shall not sleep | F |
| There are shades which will not vanish | G |
| There are thoughts thou canst not banish | G |
| By a power to thee unknown | H |
| Thou canst never be alone | H |
| Thou art wrapt as with a shroud | I |
| Thou art gather'd in a cloud | I |
| And for ever shalt thou dwell | J |
| In the spirit of this spell | J |
| - | |
| Though thou seest me not pass by | K |
| Thou shalt feel me with thine eye | K |
| As a thing that though unseen | L |
| Must be near thee and hath been | M |
| And when in that secret dread | N |
| Thou hast turn'd around thy head | N |
| Thou shalt marvel I am not | O |
| As thy shadow on the spot | O |
| And the power which thou dost feel | P |
| Shall be what thou must conceal | P |
| - | |
| And a magic voice and verse | Q |
| Hath baptiz'd thee with a curse | Q |
| And a spirit of the air | R |
| Hath begirt thee with a snare | R |
| In the wind there is a voice | S |
| Shall forbid thee to rejoice | S |
| And to thee shall night deny | K |
| All the quiet of her sky | K |
| And the day shall have a sun | T |
| Which shall make thee wish it done | T |
| - | |
| From thy false tears I did distil | D |
| An essence which hath strength to kill | D |
| From thy own heart I then did wring | C |
| The black blood in its blackest spring | C |
| From thy own smile I snatch'd the snake | C |
| For there it coil'd as in a brake | C |
| From thy own lip I drew the charm | U |
| Which gave all these their chiefest harm | U |
| In proving every poison known | H |
| I found the strongest was thine own | H |
| - | |
| By thy cold breast and serpent smile | V |
| By thy unfathom'd gulfs of guile | V |
| By that most seeming virtuous eye | K |
| By thy shut soul's hypocrisy | W |
| By the perfection of thine art | X |
| Which pass'd for human thine own heart | X |
| By thy delight in others' pain | Y |
| And by thy brotherhood of Cain | Y |
| I call upon thee and compel | J |
| Thyself to be thy proper Hell | J |
| - | |
| And on thy head I pour the vial | Z |
| Which doth devote thee to this trial | Z |
| Nor to slumber nor to die | K |
| Shall be in thy destiny | W |
| Though thy death shall still seem near | A2 |
| To thy wish but as a fear | A2 |
| Lo the spell now works around thee | W |
| And the clankless chain hath bound thee | W |
| O'er thy heart and brain together | B2 |
| Hath the word been pass'd now wither | B2 |
George Gordon Byron
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