Ode To The Nightingale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEEFFGGHIIHJJ KKLLMMKKNN OPOPQQARRSBBITTUVVWX XDD PPYZYZ AAA2A2A2A2A2A2B2C2B2 C2A2A2A2A2A2A2SWEET BIRD OF SORROW why complain | A |
In such soft melody of Song | B |
That ECHO am'rous of thy Strain | A |
The ling'ring cadence doth prolong | B |
Ah tell me tell me why | C |
Thy dulcet Notes ascend the sky | C |
Or on the filmy vapours glide | D |
Along the misty moutain's side | D |
And wherefore dost Thou love to dwell | E |
In the dark wood and moss grown cell | E |
Beside the willow margin'd stream | F |
Why dost Thou court wan Cynthia's beam | F |
Sweet Songstress if thy wayward fate | G |
Hath robb'd Thee of thy bosom's mate | G |
Oh think not thy heart piercing moan | H |
Evap'rates on the breezy air | I |
Or that the plaintive Song of Care | I |
Steals from THY Widow'd Breast alone | H |
Oft have I heard thy mournful Tale | J |
On the high Cliff that o'er the Vale | J |
Hangs its dark brow whose awful shade | K |
Spreads a deep gloom along the glade | K |
Led by its sound I've wander'd far | L |
Till crimson evening's flaming Star | L |
On Heav'n's vast dome refulgent hung | M |
And round ethereal vapours flung | M |
And oft I've sought th'HYGEIAN MAID | K |
In rosy dimply smiles array'd | K |
Till forc'd with every HOPE to part | N |
Resistless Pain subdued my Heart | N |
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Oh then far o'er the restless deep | O |
Forlorn my poignant pangs I bore | P |
Alone in foreign realms to weep | O |
Where ENVY's voice could taunt no more | P |
I hop'd by mingling with the gay | Q |
To snatch the veil of Grief away | Q |
To break Affliction's pond'rous chain | A |
VAIN was the Hope in vain I sought | R |
The placid hour of careless thought | R |
Where Fashion wing'd her light career | S |
And sportive Pleasure danc'd along | B |
Oft have I shunn'd the blithsome throng | B |
To hide th'involuntary tear | I |
For e'en where rapt'rous transports glow | T |
From the full Heart the conscious tear will flow | T |
When to my downy couch remov'd | U |
FANCY recall'd my wearied mind | V |
To scenes of FRIENDSHIP left behind | V |
Scenes still regretted still belov'd | W |
Ah then I felt the pangs of Grief | X |
Grasp my warm Heart and mock relief | X |
My burning lids Sleep's balm defied | D |
And on my fev'rish lip imperfect murmurs died | D |
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Restless and sad I sought once more | P |
A calm retreat on BRITAIN's shore | P |
Deceitful HOPE e'en there I found | Y |
That soothing FRIENDSHIP's specious name | Z |
Was but a short liv'd empty sound | Y |
And LOVE a false delusive flame | Z |
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Then come Sweet BIRD and with thy strain | A |
Steal from my breast the thorn of pain | A |
Blest solace of my lonely hours | A2 |
In craggy caves and silent bow'rs | A2 |
When HAPPY Mortals seek repose | A2 |
By Night's pale lamp we'll chaunt our woes | A2 |
And as her chilling tears diffuse | A2 |
O'er the white thorn their silv'ry dews | A2 |
I'll with the lucid boughts entwine | B2 |
A weeping Wreath which round my Head | C2 |
Shall by the waning Cresent shine | B2 |
And light us to our leafy bed | C2 |
But ah nor leafy beds nor bow'rs | A2 |
Fring'd with soft MAY's enamell'd flow'rs | A2 |
Nor pearly leaves nor Cynthia's beams | A2 |
Nor smiling Pleasure's shad'wy dreams | A2 |
Sweet BIRD not e'en THY melting Strains | A2 |
Can calm the Heart where TYRANT SORROW REIGNS | A2 |
Mary Darby Robinson
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