Commencement Of A Poem On Despair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGAHIJDAKDLBMA ANAAAAAOAAPDAQDRSAF TUVUSW SAXSYZA2FB2AC2B

Some to Aonian lyres of silver soundA
With winning elegance attune their songB
Form'd to sink lightly on the soothed senseC
And charm the soul with softest harmonyD
'Tis then that Hope with sanguine eye is seenE
Roving through Fancy's gay futurityA
Her heart light dancing to the sounds of pleasureF
Pleasure of days to come Memory too thenG
Comes with her sister Melancholy sadA
Pensively musing on the scenes of youthH
Scenes never to returnI
Such subjects merit poets used to raiseJ
The attic verse harmonious but for meD
A deadlier theme demands my backward handA
And bids me strike the strings of dissonanceK
With frantic energyD
'Tis wan Despair I sing if sing I canL
Of him before whose blast the voice of SongB
And Mirth and Hope and Happiness all flyM
Nor ever dare return His notes are heardA
At noon of night where on the coast of bloodA
The lacerated son of AngolaN
Howls forth his sufferings to the moaning windA
And when the awful silence of the nightA
Strikes the chill death dew to the murderer's heartA
He speaks in every conscience prompted wordA
Half utter'd half suppressedA
'Tis him I sing Despair terrific nameO
Striking unsteadily the tremulous chordA
Of timorous terror discord in the soundA
For to a theme revolting as is thisP
Dare not I woo the maids of harmonyD
Who love to sit and catch the soothing soundA
Of lyre AElig olian or the martial bugleQ
Calling the hero to the field of gloryD
And firing him with deeds of high empriseR
And warlike triumph but from scenes like mineS
Shrink they affrighted and detest the bardA
Who dares to sound the hollow tones of horrorF
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Hence then soft maidsT
And woo the silken zephyr in the bowersU
By Heliconia's sleep inviting streamV
For aid like yours I seek not 'tis for powersU
Of darker hue to inspire a verse like mineS
'Tis work for wizards sorcerers and fiendsW
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Hither ye furious imps of AcheronS
Nurslings of hell and beings shunning lightA
And all the myriads of the burning concaveX
Souls of the damned Hither oh come and joinS
The infernal chorus 'Tis Despair I singY
He whose sole tooth inflicts a deadlier pangZ
Than all your tortures join'd Sing sing DespairA2
Repeat the sound and celebrate his powerF
Unite shouts screams and agonizing shrieksB2
Till the loud p an ring through hell's high vaultA
And the remotest spirits of the deepC2
Leap from the lake and join the dreadful songB

Henry Kirk White



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