The Last Conqueror Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD AEBEFFGG| Victorious men of earth no more | A |
| Proclaim how wide your empires are | B |
| Though you bind in every shore | A |
| And your triumphs reach as far | B |
| As night and day | C |
| Yet you proud monarchs must obey | C |
| And mingle with forgotten ashes when | D |
| Death calls ye to the crowd of common men | D |
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| Devouring Famine Plague and War | A |
| Each able to undo mankind | E |
| Death's servile emissaries are | B |
| Nor to these alone confined | E |
| He hath at will | F |
| More quaint and subtle ways to kill | F |
| A smile or kiss as he will use the art | G |
| Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart | G |
James Shirley
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