Ode On Adversity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCAABBDEFDGHGHII JKKJLL MNNMOOOO PLPLQRQR STTAAOOSOIOI| WHERE o'er my head the deaf'ning Tempest blew | A |
| And Night's cold lamp cast forth a feeble ray | B |
| Where o'er the woodlands vivid light'nings flew | A |
| Cleft the strong oak and scorch'd the blossom'd spray | B |
| At morn's approach I mark the sun's warm glow | C |
| O'er the grey hill a crimson radiance throw | C |
| I mark the silv'ry fragrant dew | A |
| Give lustre to the vi'let's hue | A |
| The shallow rivers o'er their pebbly way | B |
| In slow meanders murmuring play | B |
| Day spreads her beams the lofty forest tree | D |
| Shakes from its moisten'd head the pearly show'r | E |
| All nature feels the renovating hour | F |
| All but the sorrowing child of cold ADVERSITY | D |
| For her the linnet's downy throat | G |
| Breathes harmony in vain | H |
| Unmov'd she hears the warbling note | G |
| In all the melody of song complain | H |
| By her unmark'd the flowret's bloom | I |
| In vain the landscape sheds perfume | I |
| Her languid form on earth's damp bed | J |
| In coarse and tatter'd garb reclines | K |
| In silent agony she pines | K |
| Or if she hears some stranger's tread | J |
| To a dark nook ashamed she flies | L |
| And with her scanty robe o'er shades her weeping eyes | L |
| - | |
| Her hair dishevel'd wildly plays | M |
| With every freezing gale | N |
| While down her cold cheek deadly pale | N |
| The tear of pensive sorrow strays | M |
| She shuns the PITY of the proud | O |
| Her mind still triumphs unsubdu'd | O |
| Nor stoops its misery to obtrude | O |
| Upon the vulgar croud | O |
| - | |
| Unheeded and unknown | P |
| To some bleak wilderness she flies | L |
| And seated on a moss clad stone | P |
| Unwholesome vapours round her rise | L |
| And hang their mischiefs on her brow | Q |
| The ruffian winds her limbs expose | R |
| Still still her heart disdains to bow | Q |
| She cherishes her woes | R |
| - | |
| NOW FAMINE spreads her sable wings | S |
| INGRATITUDE insults her pangs | T |
| While from a thousand eager fangs | T |
| Madd'ning she flies The recreant crew | A |
| With taunting smiles her steps pursue | A |
| While on her burning bleeding heart | O |
| Fresh wounded by Affliction's dart | O |
| NEGLECT her icy poison flings | S |
| From HOPE's celestial bosom hurl'd | O |
| She seeks oblivion's gloom | I |
| Now now she mocks the barb'rous world | O |
| AND TRIUMPHS IN THE TOMB | I |
Mary Darby Robinson
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