Ode Xv: On Domestic Manners (unfinished) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCDEFGC AHDDHIJJKKI ALMNLOPPQQO RSTTSUVVWWU| I | A |
| Meek honor female shame | B |
| O whither sweetest offspring of the sky | A |
| From Albion dost thou fly | A |
| Of Albion's daughters once the favorite fame | B |
| O beauty's only friend | C |
| Who giv'st her pleasing reverence to inspire | D |
| Who selfish bold desire | E |
| Dost to esteem and dear affection turn | F |
| Alas of thee forlorn | G |
| What joy what praise what hope can life pretend | C |
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| II | A |
| Behold our youths in vain | H |
| Concerning nuptial happiness inquire | D |
| Our maids no more aspire | D |
| The arts of bashful Hymen to attain | H |
| But with triumphant eyes | I |
| And cheeks impassive as they move along | J |
| Ask homage of the throng | J |
| The lover swears that in a harlot's arms | K |
| Are found the self same charms | K |
| And worthless and deserted lives and dies | I |
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| III | A |
| Behold unbless'd at home | L |
| The father of the cheerless household mourns | M |
| The night in vain returns | N |
| For love and glad content at distance roam | L |
| While she in whom his mind | O |
| Seeks refuge from the day's dull task of cares | P |
| To meet him she prepares | P |
| Through noise and spleen and all the gamester's art | Q |
| A listless harrass'd heart | Q |
| Where not one tender thought can welcome find | O |
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| IV | R |
| 'Twas thus along the shore | S |
| Of Thames Britannia's guardian Genius heard | T |
| From many a tongue preferr'd | T |
| Of strife and grief the fond invective lore | S |
| At which the queen divine | U |
| Indignant with her adamantine spear | V |
| Like thunder sounding near | V |
| Smote the red cross upon her silver shield | W |
| And thus her wrath reveal'd | W |
| I watch'd her awful words and made them mine | U |
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Mark Akenside
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