The Sultana's Remonstrance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PDQD RLFL ASTS AUBU| IT suits thee well to weep | A |
| As thou lookest on the fair land | B |
| Whose sceptre thou hast held | C |
| With less than woman's hand | B |
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| On yon bright city gaze | D |
| With its white and marble halls | E |
| The glory of its lofty towers | F |
| The strength of its proud walls | E |
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| And look to yonder palace | G |
| With its garden of the rose | H |
| With its groves and silver fountains | I |
| Fit for a king's repose | H |
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| There is weeping in that city | J |
| And a cry of woe and shame | K |
| There's a whisper of dishonour | L |
| And that whisper is thy name | K |
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| And the stranger's feast is spread | M |
| But it is no feast of thine | N |
| In thine own halls accursed lips | O |
| Drain the forbidden wine | N |
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| And aged men are in the streets | P |
| Who mourn their length of days | D |
| And young knights stand with folded arms | Q |
| And eyes they dare not raise | D |
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| There is not one whose blood was not | R |
| As the waves of ocean free | L |
| Their fathers died for thy fathers | F |
| They would have died for thee | L |
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| Weep not 'tis mine to weep | A |
| That ever thou wert born | S |
| Alas that all a mother's love | T |
| Is lost in a queen's scorn | S |
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| Yet weep thou less than woman weep | A |
| Those tears become thine eye | U |
| It suits thee well to weep the land | B |
| For which thou daredst not die | U |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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