Otho Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDCDD AEFEFGFGG| I | A |
| Thou wert not Cassius and thou couldst not be | B |
| Last of the Romans though thy memory claim | C |
| From Brutus his own glory and on thee | B |
| Rests the full splendour of his sacred fame | C |
| Nor he who dared make the foul tyrant quail | D |
| Amid his cowering senate with thy name | C |
| Though thou and he were great it will avail | D |
| To thine own fame that Otho s should not fail | D |
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| II | A |
| 'Twill wrong thee not thou wouldst if thou couldst feel | E |
| Abjure such envious fame great Otho died | F |
| Like thee he sanctified his country s steel | E |
| At once the tyrant and tyrannicide | F |
| In his own blood a deed it was to bring | G |
| Tears from all men though full of gentle pride | F |
| Such pride as from impetuous love may spring | G |
| That will not be refused its offering | G |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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