The Slave's Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCBDEEB FFFB GGGB AAAB HHHB| Am I sadly cast aside | A |
| On misfortune's rugged tide | A |
| Will the world my pains deride | A |
| Forever | B |
| Must I dwell in Slavery's night | C |
| And all pleasure take its flight | C |
| Far beyond my feeble sight | C |
| Forever | B |
| Worst of all must Hope grow dim | D |
| And withhold her cheering beam | E |
| Rather let me sleep and dream | E |
| Forever | B |
| - | |
| Something still my heart surveys | F |
| Groping through this dreary maze | F |
| Is it Hope then burn and blaze | F |
| Forever | B |
| - | |
| Leave me not a wretch confined | G |
| Altogether lame and blind | G |
| Unto gross despair consigned | G |
| Forever | B |
| - | |
| Heaven in whom can I confide | A |
| Canst thou not for all provide | A |
| Condescend to be my guide | A |
| Forever | B |
| - | |
| And when this transient life shall end | H |
| Oh may some kind eternal friend | H |
| Bid me from servitude ascend | H |
| Forever | B |
George Moses Horton
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