Kincora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC DEDFC GHGHC IJEJC KHLHC MNMNN OPOPN LQLQN NDNDN RSRSN TUTUN| Ah where Kincora is Brian the Great | A |
| And where is the beauty that once was thine | B |
| Oh where are the princes and nobles that sate | A |
| At the feasts in thy halls and drank the red wine | B |
| Where O Kincora | C |
| - | |
| Oh where Kincora are thy valorous lords | D |
| Oh whither thou Hospitable are they gone | E |
| Oh where are the Dalcassians of the Golden Swords | D |
| And where are the warriors Brian led on | F |
| Where O Kincora | C |
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| And where is Murrough the descendant of kings | G |
| The defeater of a hundred the daringly brave | H |
| Who set but slight store by jewels and rings | G |
| Who swam down the torrent and laughed at its wave | H |
| Where O Kincora | C |
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| And where is Donogh King Brian's worthy son | I |
| And where is Conaing the Beautiful Chief | J |
| And Kian and Core Alas they are gone | E |
| They have left me this night alone with my grief | J |
| Left me Kincora | C |
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| And where are the chiefs with whom Brian went forth | K |
| The ne'er vanquished son of Evin the Brave | H |
| The great King of Onaght renowned for his worth | L |
| And the hosts of Baskinn from the western wave | H |
| Where O Kincora | C |
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| Oh where is Duvlann of the Swift footed Steeds | M |
| And where is Kian who was son of Molloy | N |
| And where is King Lonergan the fame of whose deeds | M |
| In the red battlefield no time can destroy | N |
| Where O Kincora | N |
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| And where is that youth of majestic height | O |
| The faith keeping Prince of the Scots Even he | P |
| As wide as his fame was as great as was his might | O |
| Was tributary O Kincora to thee | P |
| Thee O Kincora | N |
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| They are gone those heroes of royal birth | L |
| Who plundered no churches and broke no trust | Q |
| 'Tis weary for me to be living on earth | L |
| When they O Kincora lie low in the dust | Q |
| Low O Kincora | N |
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| Oh never again will Princes appear | N |
| To rival the Dalcassians of the Cleaving Swords | D |
| I can never dream of meeting afar or anear | N |
| In the east or the west such heroes and lords | D |
| Never O Kincora | N |
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| Oh dear are the images my memory calls up | R |
| Of Brian Boru how he never would miss | S |
| To give me at the banquet the first bright cup | R |
| Ah why did he heap on me honor like this | S |
| Why O Kincora | N |
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| I am MacLiag and my home is on the Lake | T |
| Thither often to that palace whose beauty is fled | U |
| Came Brian to ask me and I went for his sake | T |
| Oh my grief that I should live and Brian be dead | U |
| Dead O Kincora | N |
James Clarence Mangan
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