Duncan, An Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDCDEAEAFF A GGHIHIJKJKLL A MMNONOPQRQSS A OOTUTVPEREWW A AAXVXURYRYLL A RRJAJARZRZOO A RRA2RA2RB2C2B2C2D2D2 A E2E2F2G2F2G2 AH2AI2I2| I | A |
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| Abash'd the rebel squadrons yield | B |
| MACBETH the victor of the field | B |
| Exulting past the blasted wild | C |
| And where his dark o'erhanging towers | D |
| Frown on the heath with pleasures mild | C |
| Now DUNCAN hastes to wing the hours | D |
| Sweet are the rosy beams that chase | E |
| The angry tempest from the sky | A |
| When winds have shook the mountain's base | E |
| Sweet is the zephyr's balmy sigh | A |
| But sweeter to the breast the social charms | F |
| Whose grateful rapture sooths the toil of arms | F |
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| II | A |
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| 'Twas not the season when the storm | G |
| Of winter wears its savage form | G |
| Black'ning all the frozen North | H |
| Wildly spreads its awful wings | I |
| From yon bare summit rushes forth | H |
| And on that barren desart flings | I |
| All the rapid torrents might | J |
| When with turbulence they sweep | K |
| Mingling with the winds of might | J |
| Sounds majestically deep | K |
| When nature form'd the hideous waste she frown'd | L |
| And gave to horror its deserted bound | L |
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| III | A |
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| 'Twas not the hour when magic spells | M |
| Rock the heath's untrodden cells | M |
| When slow the wither'd forms arise | N |
| From caves which night with lasting sway | O |
| Ever shrouds from mortal eyes | N |
| Nor divides one hour with day | O |
| Sounds unmeet for mortal ear | P |
| Chill with dread the human frame | Q |
| Then unreal shapes appear | R |
| By the blue unhallow'd flame | Q |
| Discordance strange disturbs the gentle air | S |
| And pois'nous taints the thick'ning breezes bear | S |
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| IV | A |
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| The western sun's departing ray | O |
| Bright on the lofty turrets lay | O |
| That threw the shadow's length'ning line | T |
| At solemn distance far below | U |
| And where the gather'd clouds recline | T |
| On yon dark cliff's terrific brow | V |
| There stood a venerable seer | P |
| Whose prophetic soul could trace | E |
| Distant ages hast'ning near | R |
| And all that fill'd the unborn space | E |
| The prophet gaz'd with sudden frenzy fir'd | W |
| Saw deeds undone and spoke with lips inspir'd | W |
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| V | A |
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| quot Hail Scotia's Monarch greatly brave | A |
| Skill'd to conquer charm'd to save | A |
| Whose pitying hand inverts the lance | X |
| And meekly drops the slacken'd bow | V |
| Whose gracious eye with mercy's glance | X |
| Has ever gaz'd on human woe | U |
| MACBETH the castle gate unbar | R |
| MACBETH prepare the social board | Y |
| Haste from rugged toils of war | R |
| Haste and hail thy sov'reign lord | Y |
| With music be the genial banquet crown'd | L |
| And bid thy vaulted roofs with joy rebound | L |
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| VI | A |
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| quot Ha dread visions hang in air | R |
| I see a bloody dagger glare | R |
| Deeds that ask the gloom of night | J |
| Are imag'd in yon troubl'd sky | A |
| Now a gleam of fatal light | J |
| Flashes on my aching eye | A |
| DUNCAN shun that conscious tower | R |
| Fiends the social banquet pile | Z |
| Murder waits the midnight hour | R |
| Murder lurks in beauty's smile | Z |
| Vain my prophetic voice he hies away | O |
| Where scowling o'er the couch death calls his prey | O |
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| VII | A |
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| quot Sacred victim bath'd in gore | R |
| Haunt the hideous scene no more | R |
| Rest unquiet spirit rest | A2 |
| Great revenge the heavens prepare | R |
| View thy murd'rer's tortur'd breast | A2 |
| And pity all that labours there | R |
| See the look and hear the groan | B2 |
| Mark a bleeding soul in pain | C2 |
| Reason trembles on her throne | B2 |
| Furies seize the burning brain | C2 |
| Unpitied and accurst shall be his doom | D2 |
| While rising honours flourish round thy tomb | D2 |
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| VIII | A |
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| quot Thy mem'ry shall for ever last | E2 |
| And fame untir'd repeat the past | E2 |
| Deep in the mystic clouds of time | F2 |
| I see a poet call'd to birth | G2 |
| I hear a lyre whose source sublime | F2 |
| With wonder thrills the list'ning earth | G2 |
| The mighty bard with 'potent art ' | - |
| Shall nature's perfect semblance give | A |
| Unlock the springs that move the heart | H2 |
| And bid the human passions live | A |
| Still in his heav'n taught page shall DUNCAN bleed | I2 |
| And future ages tremble as they read quot | I2 |
Helen Maria Williams
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