Poet Isabella Valancy Crawford

Isabella Valancy Crawford

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A Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGH IJKLM NOPQAFRSTUV WAXYIZA2SB2C2D2E2F2

SLOWLY the Moon her banderoles of lightA
Unfurls upon the sky her fingers dripB
Pale silvery tides her armoured warriorsC
Leave Day's bright tents of azure and of goldD
Wherein they hid them and in silence flockE
Upon the solemn battlefield of NightA
To try great issues with the blind old kingF
The Titan Darkness who great Pharoah foughtG
With groping hands and conquered for a spanH
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The starry hosts with silver lances prickI
The scarlet fringes of the tents of DayJ
And turn their crystal shields upon their breastsK
And point their radiant lances and so waitL
The stirring of the giant in his cavesM
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The solitary hills send long sad sighsN
As the blind Titan grasps their locks of pineO
And trembling larch to drag him toward the skyP
That his wild seeking hands may clutch the MoonQ
From her war chariot scythed and wheeled with lightA
Crush bright mailed stars and so a sightless kingF
Reign in black desolation Low set valesR
Weep under the black hollow of his footS
While sobs the sea beneath his lashing hairT
Of rolling mists which strong as iron cordsU
Twine round tall masts and drag them to the reefsV
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Swifter rolls up Astarte's light scythed carW
Dense rise the jewelled lances groves of lightA
Red flouts Mars' banner in the voiceless warX
The mightiest combat is the tongueless oneY
The silvery dartings of the lances prickI
His fingers from the mountains catch his locksZ
And toss them in black fragments to the windsA2
Pierce the vast hollow of his misty footS
Level their diamond tips against his breastB2
And force him down to lair within his pitC2
And thro' its chinks thrust down his groping handsD2
To quicken Hell with horror for the strengthE2
That is not of the Heavens is of HellF2

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