To Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHDD IJIJCC KGKGCC LMLMCC NONPQQ RSRSCC| When by my solitary hearth I sit | A |
| And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom | B |
| When no fair dreams before my mind's eye flit | A |
| And the bare heath of life presents no bloom | B |
| Sweet Hope ethereal balm upon me shed | C |
| And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head | C |
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| Whene'er I wander at the fall of night | D |
| Where woven boughs shut out the moon's bright ray | E |
| Should sad Despondency my musings fright | D |
| And frown to drive fair Cheerfulness away | E |
| Peep with the moonbeams through the leafy roof | F |
| And keep that fiend Despondence far aloof | F |
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| Should Disappointment parent of Despair | G |
| Strive for her son to seize my careless heart | H |
| When like a cloud he sits upon the air | G |
| Preparing on his spell bound prey to dart | H |
| Chase him away sweet Hope with visage bright | D |
| And fright him as the morning frightens night | D |
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| Whene'er the fate of those I hold most dear | I |
| Tells to my fearful breast a tale of sorrow | J |
| O bright eyed Hope my morbidfancy cheer | I |
| Let me awhile thy sweetest comforts borrow | J |
| Thy heaven born radiance around me shed | C |
| And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head | C |
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| Should e'er unhappy love my bosom pain | K |
| From cruel parents or relentless fair | G |
| O let me think it is not quite in vain | K |
| To sigh out sonnets to the midnight air | G |
| Sweet Hope ethereal balm upon me shed | C |
| And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head | C |
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| In the long vista of the years to roll | L |
| Let me not see our country's honour fade | M |
| O let me see our land retain her soul | L |
| Her pride her freedom and not freedom's shade | M |
| From thy bright eyes unusual brightness shed | C |
| Beneath thy pinions canopy my head | C |
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| Let me not see the patriot's high bequest | N |
| Great Liberty how great in plain attire | O |
| With the base purple of a court oppress'd | N |
| Bowing her head and ready to expire | P |
| But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings | Q |
| That fill the skies with silver glitterings | Q |
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| And as in sparkling majesty a star | R |
| Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud | S |
| Brightening the half veil'd face of heaven afar | R |
| So when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud | S |
| Sweet Hope celestial influence round me shed | C |
| Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head | C |
John Keats
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