Oisin After The Fenians Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D B B E E E E| Now my strength is gone from me I that was adviser to the Fenians my whole body is tired to night my hands my feet and my head tired tired tired | A |
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| It is bad the way I am after Finn of the Fenians since he is gone away every good is behind me | B |
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| Without great people without mannerly ways it is sorrowful I am after our king that is gone | C |
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| I am a shaking tree my leaves gone from me an empty nut a horse without a bridle a people without a dwelling place I Oisin son of Finn | D |
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| It is long the clouds are over me to night it is long last night was although this day is long yesterday was longer again to me every day that comes is long to me | B |
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| That is not the way I used to be without fighting without battles without learning feats without young girls without music without harps without bruising bones without great deeds without increase of learning without generosity without drinking at feasts without courting without hunting the two trades I was used to without going out to battle Ochone the want of them is sorrowful to me | B |
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| No hunting of deer or stag it is not like that I would wish to be no leashes for our hounds no hounds it is long the clouds are over me to night | E |
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| Without rising up to do bravery as we were used without playing as we had a mind without swimming of our fighting men in the lake it is long the clouds are over me to night | E |
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| There is no one at all in the world the way I am it is a pity the way I am an old man dragging stones It is long the clouds are over me to night | E |
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| I am the last of the Fenians great Oisin son of Finn listening to the voice of bells it is long the clouds are over me to night | E |
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory
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