Thomas Campbell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAH I JKLM NNOO PBKQBBRBD SSTTUUVU| As musings on Banks of Canadian Thames doth not necessarily consist of | A |
| meditations in verse but the monotony of the cogitations may be relieved by a | B |
| soliloquy in prose and as Campbell manifested a deep interest in American subjects | C |
| we will give the following anecdote related by that genial American Author Washington | D |
| Irvine to Sir Walter Scott Irvine while in Britian visited Campbell but found him absent | E |
| and he expressed a regret to Campbells wife that her husband did not write more She said | F |
| that he was timid and he felt Byron and Scott o'ershadow him with their great poems Sir | G |
| Walter replied ' I myself produce pebbles Scottish pebbles but Campbell is the creator of | A |
| Diamonds of the first water ' Byron also expressed himself in a similar strain as follows | H |
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| 'Arise O Campbell give thy talents scope | I |
| Who dares aspire if thou has ceased to hope ' | - |
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| Campbell wrote thus of America in the beginning of the century and by comparing the facts | J |
| as he describes them it shows the wonderous strides which the United States especially | K |
| have taken on the Banks of Lake Erie as Lake Ontario seems to be favorite location for | L |
| Canadian cities | M |
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| On Erie's banks were tigers steal along | N |
| And the dread Indian chaunts his dismal song | N |
| Where human fiends their midnight errand walk | O |
| And bathe in brains the murderous tomehawk | O |
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| The poet then predicts that cities will there arise but more wonderfully quick they have | P |
| arisen then poets pen ever imagined The poet also imagines the time will come when the | B |
| fleecy flocks will be straying o'er the thymey pastures and the shepherds dancing at early | K |
| morn and dewy eve but alas these predictions have never been verified for the lands on | Q |
| Erie's shores are too valuable for sheep walks and it is no Arcadian bower where the | B |
| romance of the dreamy imaginations of the ancient philosophers are being enacted but a | B |
| vigorous intelligent and industrious population have arisen who have built villages | R |
| towns and cities along its shores But the foundation of the whole prosperity is the | B |
| intelligent well directed industry of the farming population | D |
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| Their industry is not in vain | S |
| For they have bounteous crops of grain | S |
| And you behold on every field | T |
| Of grass and roots abundant yield | T |
| But after all the greatest charm | U |
| Is the snug home upon the farm | U |
| And stone walls now keep cattle warm | V |
| The cold blast now doth them no harm | U |
James Mcintyre
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