Ottawa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLAMNDBHOP QRSTUM| Hail to the city sitting as a queen | A |
| Enthroned a cataract on either hand | B |
| The voice of many waters in her ears | C |
| And the great river tranquil at her feet | D |
| Smoothing his locks and all his foamy mane | E |
| After his wild leap from the rifted rocks | F |
| And while he fawns about her feet she sits | G |
| A young Cybele diademed with towers | H |
| So young yet on her sandals there is blood | I |
| And all the river will not wash it out | J |
| Spilt at her feet for being true to her | K |
| So young and well she doth become her state | L |
| We look and know her born to be a queen | A |
| Before the mother finger o'er the sea | M |
| Touched her and made her royal with a touch | N |
| For seated where the thundering waters meet | D |
| Spanned by her fingers she can lay her hand | B |
| On two fair provinces and call them hers | H |
| Greater than those which swell and pride themselves | O |
| In long loud titles in the older world | P |
| The whirl and hum of industry are here | Q |
| And all the fragrance of the enriching pine | R |
| And on the river in the wake of boats | S |
| That snort and prance like Neptune's battle steeds | T |
| Pawing the water with impatient steps | U |
| Passes our floating wealth that seeks the sea | M |
Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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