To The State. I-14 (from The Odes Of Horace) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE| Oh Ship of State fresh billows to sea will bear thee back | A |
| Then turn about and bravely toward the harbor tack | A |
| Thou see'st that thy naked sides defending oarsmen lack | A |
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| Behold thy mast lies shattered before the swift south wind | B |
| Listen the yards are creaking the ropes no longer bind | B |
| Strength to endure the boisterous waves thy keel can hardly find | B |
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| Now all thy sails are ragged the gods are swept away | C |
| To whom borne down by peril thy quaking soul would pray | C |
| Though lofty be thy lineage its pride is vain today | C |
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| The power and name thou boastest are now of no avail | D |
| Thy stern is gayly painted and still thy seamen quail | D |
| Beware lest thou art made the sport of every idle gale | D |
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| Ah dearly loved my country my fond yet heavy care | E |
| Thy discords lately wearied me but now I breathe a prayer | E |
| That thee the tides of faction the glittering rocks may spare | E |
Helen Leah Reed
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