The Epic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GEGE HIJI| To arms the battle bugles blew | A |
| The daughter of their Earl was she | B |
| Lord of a thousand swords and true | A |
| He but a squire of low degree | B |
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| The horns of war blew up to horse | C |
| He kissed her mouth her face was white | D |
| God grant they bear thee back no corse | C |
| God give I win my spurs to night | D |
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| Each watch tower's blazing beacon scarred | E |
| A blood blot in the wounded dark | F |
| She heard knights gallop battleward | E |
| And from the turret leaned to mark | F |
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| My God deliver me and mine | G |
| My child my God all night she prayed | E |
| She saw the battle beacons shine | G |
| She saw the battle beacons fade | E |
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| They brought him on a bier of spears | H |
| For him the death won spurs and name | I |
| For her the sting of secret tears | J |
| And convent walls to hide her shame | I |
Madison Julius Cawein
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