Horace, Seventh Epode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE DFGF HBAB CIHI| Whither whither reckless Romans | A |
| Are you rushing sword in hand | B |
| Has not yet the blood of brothers | C |
| Fully stained the sea and land | B |
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| Not that raging conflagration | D |
| Should o er fallen Carthage play | E |
| Not that the unconquered Briton | D |
| Should descend the sacred way | E |
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| Rome exclaims the joyful Parthian | D |
| Ruin for herself prepares | F |
| Wolves with wolves are never savage | G |
| Lion lion never tears | F |
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| Is this fury is it madness | H |
| Speedy answer I demand | B |
| Foolish blinded guilty Romans | A |
| Silent stupefied you stand | B |
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| Thus tis fated blood of brothers | C |
| Must atone for brothers guilt | I |
| Since the blood of injured Remus | H |
| Romulus in anger spilt | I |
James Clerk Maxwell
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