Ode To Reflection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBDEE FGFGHH IGIGJD KLLKDAAM BNCNKK DDAAGGOO PQPQDD| O THOU whose sober precepts can controul | A |
| The wild impatience of the troubled soul | A |
| Sweet Nymph serene whose all consoling pow'r | B |
| Awakes to calm delight the ling'ring hour | C |
| O hear thy suppliant's ardent pray'r | B |
| Chase from my pensive mind corroding care | D |
| Steal thro' the heated pulses of the brain | E |
| Charm sorrow to repose and lull the throb of pain | E |
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| O tell me what are life's best joys | F |
| Are they not visions that decay | G |
| Sweet honey'd poisons gilded toys | F |
| Vain glitt'ring baubles of a day | G |
| O say what shadow do they leave behind | H |
| Save the sad vacuum of the sated mind | H |
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| Borne on the eagle wings of Fame | I |
| MAN soars above calm Reason's sway | G |
| Vaulting AMBITION mocks each tender claim | I |
| Plucks the dear bonds of social life away | G |
| As o'er the vanquish'd slave she wields her spear | J |
| COMPASSION turns aside REFLECTlON drops a tear | D |
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| Behold the wretch whose sordid heart | K |
| Steep'd in Content's oblivious balm | L |
| Secure in Luxury's bewitching calm | L |
| Repels pale Mis'ry's touch and mocks Affliction's smart | K |
| Unmov'd he marks the bitter tear | D |
| In vain the plaints of woe his thoughts assail | A |
| The bashful mourner's pitious tale | A |
| Nor melts his flinty soul nor vibrates on his ear | M |
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| O blest REFLECTION let thy magic pow'r | B |
| Awake his torpid sense his slumb'ring thought | N |
| Tel him ADVERSITY'S unpitied hour | C |
| A brighter lesson gives than Stoics taught | N |
| Tell him that WEALTH no blessing can impart | K |
| So sweet as PITY'S tear that bathes the wounded Heart | K |
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| Go tell the vain the insolent and fair | D |
| That life's best days are only days of care | D |
| That BEAUTY flutt'ring like a painted fly | A |
| Owes to the spring of youth its rarest die | A |
| When Winter comes its charms shall fade away | G |
| And the poor insect wither in decay | G |
| Go bid the giddy phantom learn from thee | O |
| That VIRTUE only braves mortality | O |
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| Then come REFLECTION soft ey'd maid | P |
| I know thee and I prize thy charms | Q |
| Come in thy gentlest smiles array'd | P |
| And I will press thee in my eager arms | Q |
| Keep from my aching heart the fiend DESPAIR | D |
| Pluck from my brow her THORN and plant the OLIVE there | D |
Mary Darby Robinson
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