Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBACCA DDEAAE FFGHHG IIJKKJ LLKMMK NNOAAOEmigravit October Vi Mdcccxcii | A |
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Grief there will be and may | B |
When King Apollo's bay | B |
Is cut midwise | A |
Grief that a song is stilled | C |
Grief for the unfulfilled | C |
Singer that dies | A |
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Not so we mourn thee now | D |
Not so we grieve that thou | D |
MASTER art passed | E |
Since thou thy song didst raise | A |
Through the full round of days | A |
E'en to the last | E |
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Grief there may be and will | F |
When that the Singer still | F |
Sinks in the song | G |
When that the wing d rhyme | H |
Fails of the promised prime | H |
Ruined and wrong | G |
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Not thus we mourn thee we | I |
Not thus we grieve for thee | I |
MASTER and Friend | J |
Since like a clearing flame | K |
Clearer thy pure song came | K |
E'en to the end | J |
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Nay nor for thee we grieve | L |
E'en as for those that leave | L |
Life without name | K |
Lost as the stars that set | M |
Empty of men's regret | M |
Empty of fame | K |
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Rather we count thee one | N |
Who when his race is run | N |
Layeth him down | O |
Calm through all coming days | A |
Filled with a nation's praise | A |
Filled with renown | O |
Henry Austin Dobson
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