Virginia Capta Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DEED FGGF H IJJI H KLLK H MNNM H OPPO H KDDK| APRIL TH | A |
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| I | - |
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| Unconquered captive close thine eye | - |
| And draw the ashen sackcloth o'er | B |
| And in thy speechless woe deplore | C |
| The fate that would not let thee die | - |
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| II | - |
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| The arm that wore the shield strip bare | D |
| The hand that held the martial rein | E |
| And hurled the spear on many a plain | E |
| Stretch till they clasp the shackles there | D |
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| III | - |
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| The foot that once could crush the crown | F |
| Must drag the fetters till it bleed | G |
| Beneath their weight thou dost not need | G |
| It now to tread the tyrant down | F |
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| IV | H |
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| Thou thought'st him vanquish'd boastful trust | I |
| His lance in twain his sword a wreck | J |
| But with his heel upon thy neck | J |
| He holds thee prostrate in the dust | I |
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| V | H |
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| Bend though thou must beneath his will | K |
| Let not one abject moan have place | L |
| But with majestic silent grace | L |
| Maintain thy regal bearing still | K |
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| VI | H |
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| Look back through all thy storied past | M |
| And sit erect in conscious pride | N |
| No grander heroes ever died | N |
| No sterner battled to the last | M |
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| VII | H |
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| Weep if thou wilt with proud sad mein | O |
| Thy blasted hopes thy peace undone | P |
| Yet brave live on nor seek to shun | P |
| Thy fate like Egypt's conquer'd Queen | O |
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| VIII | H |
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| Though forced a captive's place to fill | K |
| In the triumphal train yet there | D |
| Superbly like Zenobia wear | D |
| Thy chains Virginia Victrix still | K |
Margaret J. Preston
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