Ode To His Lyre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEFAAGGAAAAHHBCII JJKKGG| Translation From Anacreon | A |
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| I wish to tune my quivering lyre | B |
| To deeds of fame and notes of fire | C |
| To echo from its rising swell | D |
| How heroes fought and nations fell | D |
| When Atreus' sons advanc'd to war | E |
| Or Tyrian Cadmus rov'd afar | F |
| But still to martial strains unknown | A |
| My lyre recurs to Love alone | A |
| Fir'd with the hope of future fame | G |
| I seek some nobler Hero's name | G |
| The dying chords are strung anew | A |
| To war to war my harp is due | A |
| With glowing strings the Epic strain | A |
| To Jove's great son I raise again | A |
| Alcides and his glorious deeds | H |
| Beneath whose arm the Hydra bleeds | H |
| All all in vain my wayward lyre | B |
| Wakes silver notes of soft Desire | C |
| Adieu ye Chiefs renown'd in arms | I |
| Adieu the clang of War's alarms | I |
| To other deeds my soul is strung | J |
| And sweeter notes shall now be sung | J |
| My harp shall all its powers reveal | K |
| To tell the tale my heart must feel | K |
| Love Love alone my lyre shall claim | G |
| In songs of bliss and sighs of flame | G |
George Gordon Lord Byron
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