Revenge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFF GGHH IJKK BLMN OOPP QQHQ RRSS RRTU VVWW NNXX YZZA2A2 HHB2B2 C2C2D2D2 D2D2PP NNEE U| 'Ah quit me not yet for the wind whistles shrill | A |
| Its blast wanders mournfully over the hill | A |
| The thunder s wild voice rattles madly above | B |
| You will not then cannot then leave me my love ' | C |
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| I must dearest Agnes the night is far gone | D |
| I must wander this evening to Strasburg alone | E |
| I must seek the drear tomb of my ancestors bones | F |
| And must dig their remains from beneath the cold stones | F |
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| 'For the spirit of Conrad there meets me this night | G |
| And we quit not the tomb 'till dawn of the light | G |
| And Conrad's been dead just a month and a day | H |
| So farewell dearest Agnes for I must away | H |
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| 'He bid me bring with me what most I held dear | I |
| Or a month from that time should I lie on my bier | J |
| And I'd sooner resign this false fluttering breath | K |
| Than my Agnes should dread either danger or death | K |
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| 'And I love you to madness my Agnes I love | B |
| My constant affection this night will I prove | L |
| This night will I go to the sepulchre's jaw | M |
| Alone will I glut its all conquering maw' | N |
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| 'No no loved Adolphus thy Agnes will share | O |
| In the tomb all the dangers that wait for you there | O |
| I fear not the spirit I fear not the grave | P |
| My dearest Adolphus I d perish to save' | P |
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| 'Nay seek not to say that thy love shall not go | Q |
| But spare me those ages of horror and woe | Q |
| For I swear to thee here that I'll perish ere day | H |
| If you go unattended by Agnes away' | Q |
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| The night it was bleak the fierce storm raged around | R |
| The lightning's blue fire light flashed on the ground | R |
| Strange forms seemed to flit and howl tidings of fate | S |
| As Agnes advanced to the sepulchre gate | S |
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| The youth struck the portal the echoing sound | R |
| Was fearfully rolled midst the tombstones around | R |
| The blue lightning gleamed o er the dark chapel spire | T |
| And tinged were the storm clouds with sulphurous fire | U |
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| Still they gazed on the tombstone where Conrad reclined | V |
| Yet they shrank at the cold chilling blast of the wind | V |
| When a strange silver brilliance pervaded the scene | W |
| And a figure advanced tall in form fierce in mien | W |
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| A mantle encircled his shadowy form | N |
| As light as a gossamer borne on the storm | N |
| Celestial terror sat throned in his gaze | X |
| Like the midnight pestiferous meteor s blaze | X |
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| SPIRIT | Y |
| Thy father Adolphus was false false as hell | Z |
| And Conrad has cause to remember it well | Z |
| He ruined my Mother despised me his son | A2 |
| I quitted the world ere my vengeance was done | A2 |
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| I was nearly expiring 'twas close of the day | H |
| A demon advanced to the bed where I lay | H |
| He gave me the power from whence I was hurled | B2 |
| To return to revenge to return to the world | B2 |
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| Now Adolphus I'll seize thy best loved in my arms | C2 |
| I'll drag her to Hades all blooming in charms | C2 |
| On the black whirlwind s thundering pinion I'll ride | D2 |
| And fierce yelling fiends shall exult o'er thy bride | D2 |
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| He spoke and extending his ghastly arms wide | D2 |
| Majestic advanced with a swift noiseless stride | D2 |
| He clasped the fair Agnes he raised her on high | P |
| And cleaving the roof sped his way to the sky | P |
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| All was now silent and over the tomb | N |
| Thicker deeper was swiftly extended a gloom | N |
| Adolphus in horror sank down on the stone | E |
| And his fleeting soul fled with a harrowing groan | E |
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| DECEMBER | U |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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