The Hydra Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH| The Hydra Hercules defied | A |
| Its nine diminished heads must hide | A |
| Before the baneful modern beast | B |
| Who has a thousand heads at least | B |
| See how in horrid tiers they rise | C |
| With straining ears and bulging eyes | C |
| While blinded by fierce calcium rays | D |
| The trembling victim tribute pays | D |
| Of song or measure mime or jest | E |
| To soothe the savage Hydra's breast | E |
| If she please not the monster's whim | F |
| Wild scribes will tear her limb from limb | F |
| Even if charmed he rend the air | G |
| With hideous joy let her beware | G |
| For she must surely soon or late | H |
| Fall 'neath the hissing Hydra's hate | H |
Oliver Herford
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