Otho The Great - Act V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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SCENE IA
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A part of the ForestB
Enter CONRAD and AURANTHEC
Auranthe Go no further not a step more thou artD
A master plague in the midst of miseriesE
Go I fear thee I tremble every limbF
Who never shook before There's moody deathC
In thy resolved looks Yes I could kneelG
To pray thee far away Conrad go goH
There yonder underneath the boughs I seeI
Our horsesJ
Conrad Aye and the manK
Auranthe Yes he is thereL
Go go no blood no blood go gentle ConradM
Conrad FarewellN
Auranthe Farewell for this Heaven pardon youO
Exit AURANTHEC
Conrad If he survive one hour then may I dieA
In unimagined tortures or breathe throughO
A long life in the foulest sink of the worldP
He dies 'tis well she do not advertiseQ
The caitiff of the cold steel at his backR
Exit CONRADM
Enter LUDOLPH and PAGES
Ludolph Miss'd the way boy say not that on your perilT
Page Indeed indeed I cannot trace them furtherU
Ludolph Must I stop here Here solitary dieA
Stifled beneath the thick oppressive shadeV
Of these dull boughs this oven of dark thicketsW
Silent without revenge pshaw bitter endX
A bitter death a suffocating deathC
A gnawing silent deadly quiet deathC
Escaped fled vanish'd melted into airL
She's gone I cannot clutch her no revengeY
A muffled death ensnar'd in horrid silenceZ
Suck'd to my grave amid a dreamy calmA2
O where is that illustrious noise of warB2
To smother up this sound of labouring breathC
This rustle of the treesE
AURANTHE shrieks at a distanceZ
Page My Lord a noiseC2
This way harkD2
Ludolph Yes yes A hope A musicE2
A glorious clamour How I live again ExeuntX
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SCENE II Another part of the ForestX
Enter ALBERT woundedX
Albert O for enough life to support me onF2
To Otho's feetX
Enter LUDOLPHG2
Ludolph Thrice villainous stay thereL
Tell me where that detested woman isH2
Or this is through theeC
Albert My good Prince with meC
The sword has done its worst not without worstX
Done to another Conrad has it homeI2
I see you know it allJ2
Ludolph Where is his sisterU
AURANTHE rushes inK2
Auranthe AlbertX
Ludolph Ha There there He is the paramour IA
There hug him dying O thou innocenceZ
Shrine him and comfort him at his last gaspL2
Kiss down his eyelids Was he not thy loveM2
Wilt thou forsake him at his latest hourU
Keep fearful and aloof from his last gazeN2
His most uneasy moments when cold deathC
Stands with the door ajar to let him inK2
Albert O that that door with hollow slam would closeO2
Upon me sudden for I cannot meetX
In all the unknown chambers of the deadX
Such horrorsP2
Ludolph Auranthe what can he meanQ2
What horrors Is it not a joyous timeR2
Am I not married to a paragonF2
'Of personal beauty and untainted soul'J2
A blushing fair eyed Purity A SylphS2
Whose snowy timid hand has never sin'dX
Beyond a flower pluck'd white as itselfT2
Albert you do insult my Bride your MistressU2
To talk of horrors on our wedding nightX
Albert Alas poor Prince I would you knew my heartX
'Tis not so guiltyX
Ludolph Hear you he pleads not guiltyX
You are not or if so what matters itX
You have escap'd me free as the dusk airL
Hid in the forest safe from my revengeY
I cannot catch you You should laugh at meX
Poor cheated Ludolph make the forest hissV2
With jeers at me You tremble faint at onceZ
You will come to again O CockatriceZ
I have you Whither wander those fair eyesZ
To entice the Devil to your help that heX
May change you to a Spider so to crawlJ2
Into some cranny to escape my wrathC
Albert Sometimes the counsel of a dying manK
Doth operate quietly when his breath is goneW2
Disjoin those hands part part do not destroyX2
Each other forget her our miseriesZ
Are equal shar'd and mercy isZ
Ludolph A boonY2
When one can compass it Auranthe tryA
Your oratory your breath is not so hitch'dX
Aye stare for helpZ2
ALBERT groans and diesZ
There goes a spotted soulJ2
Howling in vain along the hollow nightX
Hear him he calls you Sweet Auranthe comeA3
Auranthe Kill meX
Ludolph No What upon our Marriage nightX
The earth would shudder at so foul a deedX
A fair Bride a sweet Bride an innocent BrideX
No we must revel it as 'tis in useZ
In times of delicate brilliant ceremonyX
Come let me lead you to our halls againB3
Nay linger not make no resistance sweetX
Will you Ah wretch thou canst not for I haveC3
The strength of twenty lions 'gainst a lambD3
Now one adieu for Albert come awayE3
ExeuntX
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SCENE III An inner Court of the CastleJ2
Enter SIGIFRED GONFRED and THEODORE meetingF3
Theodore Was ever such a nightX
Sigifred What horrors moreB2
Things unbeliev'd one hour so strange they areG3
The next hour stamps with creditX
Theodore Your last newsZ
Gonfred After the Page's story of the deathC
Of Albert and Duke ConradX
Sigifred And the returnH3
Of Ludolph with the PrincessZ
Gonfred No more saveI3
Prince Gersa's freeing Abbot EthelbertX
And the sweet lady fair ErminiaJ3
From prisonK3
Theodore Where are they now hast yet heardX
Gonfred With the sad Emperor they are closetedX
I saw the three pass slowly up the stairsZ
The lady weeping the old Abbot cowl'dX
Sigifred What nextX
Thedore I ache to think on'tX
Gonfred Tis with fateX
Theodore One while these proud towers are hush'd as deathC
Gonfred The next our poor Prince fills the arched roomsZ
With ghastly ravingsZ
Sigifred I do fear his brainL3
Gonfred I will see more Bear you so stout a heartX
Exeunt into the CastleJ2
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SCENE IV A Cabinet opening towards a TerraceZ
OTHO ERMINIA ETHELBERT and a Physician discoveredX
Otho O my poor Boy my Son my Son My LudolphG2
Have ye no comfort for me ye PhysiciansZ
Of the weak Body and SoulJ2
Ethelbert Tis not the MedicineK3
Either of heaven or earth can cure unlessZ
Fit time be chosen to administerU
Otho A kind forbearance holy Abbot comeA3
Erminia here sit by me gentle GirlJ2
Give me thy hand hast thou forgiven meX
Erminia Would I were with the saints to pray for youO
Otho Why will ye keep me from my darling childX
Physician Forgive me but he must not see thy faceZ
Otho Is then a father's countenance a GorgonK3
Hath it not comfort in it Would it notX
Console my poor Boy cheer him heal his spiritsZ
Let me embrace him let me speak to himF
I will who hinders me Who's EmperorU
Physician You may not Sire 'twould overwhelm him quiteX
He is so full of grief and passionate wrathC
Too heavy a sigh would kill him or do worseZ
He must be sav'd by fine contrivancesZ
And most especially we must keep clearM3
Out of his sight a Father whom he lovesZ
His heart is full it can contain no moreB2
And do its ruddy officeZ
Ethelbert Sage adviceZ
We must endeavour how to ease and slackenK3
The tight wound energies of his despairL
Not make them tenserL
Otho Enough I hear I hearL
Yet you were about to advise more I listenK3
Ethelbert This learned doctor will agree with meX
That not in the smallest point should he be thwartedX
Or gainsaid by one word his very motionsZ
Nods becks and hints should be obey'd with careL
Even on the moment so his troubled mindX
May cure itselfT2
Physician There is no other meansZ
Otho Open the door let's hear if all is quietX
Physician Beseech you Sire forbearL
Erminia Do doO
Otho I commandX
Open it straight hush quiet my lost BoyX2
My miserable ChildX
Ludolph indistinctly without Fill fill my gobletX
Here's a healthC
Erminia O close the doorL
Otho Let let me hear his voice this cannot lastX
And fain would I catch up his dying wordsZ
Though my own knell they be this cannot lastX
O let me catch his voice for lo I hearL
This silence whisper me that he is deadX
It is so GersaZ
Enter GERSAZ
Physician Say how fares the princeZ
Gersa More calm his features are less wild and flushedX
Once he complain'd of wearinessZ
Physician IndeedX
'Tis good 'tis good let him but fall asleepN3
That saves himF
Otho Gersa watch h-

John Keats



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