Ode On Science Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAAB AACAAC DDEFFE EEAAAA GGHAAH IIAEEA EEJKKJ LLIEEI| O heavenly born in deepest dells | A |
| If fairest science ever dwells | A |
| Beneath the mossy cave | B |
| Indulge the verdure of the woods | A |
| With azure beauty gild the floods | A |
| And flowery carpets lave | B |
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| For Melancholy ever reigns | A |
| Delighted in the sylvan scenes | A |
| With scientific light | C |
| While Dian huntress of the vales | A |
| Seeks lulling sounds and fanning gales | A |
| Though wrapt from mortal sight | C |
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| Yet goddess yet the way explore | D |
| With magic rites and heathen lore | D |
| Obstructed and depress'd | E |
| Till Wisdom give the sacred Nine | F |
| Untaught not uninspired to shine | F |
| By Reason's power redress'd | E |
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| When Solon and Lycurgus taught | E |
| To moralize the human thought | E |
| Of mad opinion's maze | A |
| To erring zeal they gave new laws | A |
| Thy charms O Liberty the cause | A |
| That blends congenial rays | A |
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| Bid bright Astr a gild the morn | G |
| Or bid a hundred suns be born | G |
| To hecatomb the year | H |
| Without thy aid in vain the poles | A |
| In vain the zodiac system rolls | A |
| In vain the lunar sphere | H |
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| Come fairest princess of the throng | I |
| Bring sweet philosophy along | I |
| In metaphysic dreams | A |
| While raptured bards no more behold | E |
| A vernal age of purer gold | E |
| In Heliconian streams | A |
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| Drive Thraldom with malignant hand | E |
| To curse some other destined land | E |
| By Folly led astray | J |
| I rne bear on azure wing | K |
| Energic let her soar and sing | K |
| Thy universal sway | J |
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| So when Amphion bade the lyre | L |
| To more majestic sound aspire | L |
| Behold the madding throng | I |
| In wonder and oblivion drown'd | E |
| To sculpture turn'd by magic sound | E |
| And petrifying song | I |
Jonathan Swift
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