Lines Written During The Castlereagh Administration Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EEEFF GGGHH IIICC JJJKK| A | |
| Corpses are cold in the tomb | B |
| Stones on the pavement are dumb | C |
| Abortions are dead in the womb | B |
| And their mothers look pale like the death white shore | D |
| Of Albion free no more | D |
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| Her sons are as stones in the way | E |
| They are masses of senseless clay | E |
| They are trodden and move not away | E |
| The abortion with which SHE travaileth | F |
| Is Liberty smitten to death | F |
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| Then trample and dance thou Oppressor | G |
| For thy victim is no redresser | G |
| Thou art sole lord and possessor | G |
| Of her corpses and clods and abortions they pave | H |
| Thy path to the grave | H |
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| Hearest thou the festival din | I |
| Of Death and Destruction and Sin | I |
| And Wealth crying Havoc within | I |
| 'Tis the bacchanal triumph that makes Truth dumb | C |
| Thine Epithalamium | C |
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| Ay marry thy ghastly wife | J |
| Let Fear and Disquiet and Strife | J |
| Spread thy couch in the chamber of Life | J |
| Marry Ruin thou Tyrant and Hell be thy guide | K |
| To the bed of the bride | K |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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