The Minstrel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCCD EFEFGGH IJIJBBK CLCLCCM ANANOOA POPOQQC| What hear I at the gateway ringing | A |
| What bard upon the drawbridge singing | A |
| Go bid him to repeat his song | B |
| Here in the hall amid the throng | B |
| The monarch cried | C |
| The little page hied | C |
| As back he sped | C |
| The monarch said | C |
| Bring in the gray haired minstrel | D |
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| I greet you noble lords and peers | E |
| I greet you lovely dames | F |
| O heaven begemmed with golden spheres | E |
| Who knows your noble names | F |
| In hall of splendor so sublime | G |
| Close ye mine eyes 'tis not the time | G |
| To gaze in idle wonder | H |
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| The gray haired minstrel closed his eyes | I |
| He struck his wildest air | J |
| Brave faces glowed like sunset skies | I |
| Cast down their eyes the fair | J |
| The king well pleased with the minstrel's song | B |
| Sent the little page through the wondering throng | B |
| A chain of gold to bear him | K |
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| O give not me the chain of gold | C |
| Award it to thy braves | L |
| Before whose faces fierce and bold | C |
| Quail foes when battle raves | L |
| Or give it thy chancellor of state | C |
| And let him wear its golden weight | C |
| With his official burdens | M |
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| I sing I sing as the wild birds sing | A |
| That in the forest dwell | N |
| The songs that from my bosom spring | A |
| Alone reward me well | N |
| But may I ask that page of thine | O |
| To bring me one good cup of wine | O |
| In golden goblet sparkling | A |
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| He took the cup he drank it all | P |
| O soothing nectar thine | O |
| Thrice bless'd the highly favored hall | P |
| Where flows such glorious wine | O |
| If thou farest well then think of me | Q |
| And thank thy God as I thank thee | Q |
| For this inspiring goblet | C |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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