The Inca Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K K L M K N O P Q R M S K| 'Tis eve the sun is sinking in the lake | A |
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| The lake all glorious with his golden beams | B |
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| Whose calm clear breast reflects the mountains back | C |
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| That raise their huge heads to the varied clouds | D |
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| The trees and flowers that grow along its banks | E |
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| Smile in the lucid mirror Every bough | F |
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| Is vocal with the song of glittering birds | G |
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| Whose plumes are borrow'd from the rainbow's hues | H |
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| No other sound disturbs the silent air | I |
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| Although a prostrate nation is around | J |
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| Watching the last rays of the setting sun | K |
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| In solemn and in graceful adoration | K |
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| The purple clouds grow deeper deeper still | L |
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| Till the resplendent orb is seen no more | M |
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| But where he sunk upon the bright lake's margin | K |
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| Appear two forms majestic and erect | N |
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| Cloth'd in rich garments hand in hand | O |
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| They come | P |
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| Onward they come across the yielding waters | Q |
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| That give them passage | R |
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| Now they reach the shore | M |
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| While with glad shouts the people rend the skies | S |
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| All hail ye mighty Children of the Sun | K |
Louisa Stuart Costello
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