Kincora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABC DEDFC GHGHC IJEJC KHLHC MNMNN OPOPN LQLQN NDNDN RSRSN TUTUNAh 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 |
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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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