Death The Leveller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFAAGG HIHIJKLL| The glories of our blood and state | A |
| Are shadows not substantial things | B |
| There is no armour against Fate | A |
| Death lays his icy hand on kings | B |
| Sceptre and Crown | C |
| Must tumble down | C |
| And in the dust be equal made | D |
| With the poor crook egrave d scythe and spade | D |
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| Some men with swords may reap the field | E |
| And plant fresh laurels where they kill | F |
| But their strong nerves at last must yield | E |
| They tame but one another still | F |
| Early or late | A |
| They stoop to fate | A |
| And must give up their murmuring breath | G |
| When they pale captives creep to death | G |
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| The garlands wither on your brow | H |
| Then boast no more your mighty deeds | I |
| Upon Death's purple altar now | H |
| See where the victor victim bleeds | I |
| Your heads must come | J |
| To the cold tomb | K |
| Only the actions of the just | L |
| Smell sweet and blossom in their dust | L |
James Shirley
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