The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF BGBG AHAH| The chain I gave was fair to view | A |
| The lute I added sweet in sound | B |
| The heart that offer'd both was true | A |
| And ill deserved the fate it found | B |
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| These gifts were charm'd by secret spell | C |
| Thy truth in absence to divine | D |
| And they have done their duty well | C |
| Alas they could not teach the thine | D |
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| That chain was firm in every link | E |
| But not to bear a stranger's touch | F |
| That lute was sweet till thou could'st think | E |
| In other hands its notes were such | F |
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| Let him who from thy neck unbound | B |
| The chain which shiver'd in his grasp | G |
| Who saw that lute refuse to sound | B |
| Restring the chords renew the clasp | G |
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| When thou wert changed they alter'd too | A |
| The chain is broke the music mute | H |
| 'Tis past to them and thee adieu | A |
| False heart frail chain and silent lute | H |
George Gordon Byron
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