Fragment (ii) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBEFFGGHHDDII JJKLMMNNOO PPEEQQ| Where yonder mossy ruins lie | A |
| And desolation strikes the eye | A |
| A noble mansion high and fair | B |
| Once rear'd its turrets in the air | B |
| There infant warriors drew their breath | C |
| And learn'd to scorn the fear of death | C |
| In halls where martial trophies hung | D |
| They listen'd while the minstrels sung | D |
| Of pain and glory toil and care | B |
| And all the horrid charms of war | E |
| There caught the fond desire of fame | F |
| And panted for a hero's name | F |
| Alas too oft in youthful bloom | G |
| Renown has crown'd the early tomb | G |
| Has pierc'd the widow's bosom deep | H |
| And taught the mother's eyes to weep | H |
| She on whose tale the stripling hung | D |
| While pride and sorrow rul'd her tongue | D |
| His father's gallant acts to tell | I |
| How bold he fought how bravely fell | I |
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| Methinks e'en now I hear her speak | J |
| I see the tear upon her cheek | J |
| The musing boy's abstracted brow | K |
| And the high arching eye below | L |
| The stifled sigh and anxious heave | M |
| The kindling heart which dares not grieve | M |
| The finely elevated head | N |
| The hand upon the bosom spread | N |
| Proclaim him wrought by potent charms | O |
| And speak his very soul in arms | O |
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| Incautious zeal what hast thou done | P |
| The tale has robb'd thee of thy son | P |
| And while thy pious tears deplore | E |
| The loss of him who lives no more | E |
| Ambition wakes her restless fire | Q |
| The boy will emulate his sire | Q |
Matilda Betham
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