Srahmandazi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED EFBF FFBF FGH| Deep embowered beside the forest river | A |
| Where the flame of sunset only falls | B |
| Lapped in silence lies the House of Dying | C |
| House of them to whom the twilight calls | B |
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| There within when day was near to ending | C |
| By her lord a woman young and strong | D |
| By his chief a songman old and stricken | E |
| Watched together till the hour of song | D |
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| O my songman now the bow is broken | E |
| Now the arrows one by one are sped | F |
| Sing to me the song of Srahmandazi | B |
| Srahmandazi home of all the dead | F |
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| Then the songman flinging wide his songnet | F |
| On the last token laid his master's hand | F |
| While he sang the song of Srahmandazi | B |
| None but dying men can understand | F |
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| Yonder sun that fierce and fiery hearted | F |
| Marches down the sky to vanish soon | G |
| At the self same hour in | H |
Henry Newbolt
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