To Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHDD IJIJCC KGKGCC LMLMCC NONPQQ RSRSCCWhen 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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