The Irishman's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHII E| The stars may dissolve and the fountain of light | A |
| May sink into ne'er ending chaos and night | A |
| Our mansions must fall and earth vanish away | B |
| But thy courage O Erin may never decay | B |
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| See the wide wasting ruin extends all around | C |
| Our ancestors' dwellings lie sunk on the ground | C |
| Our foes ride in triumph throughout our domains | D |
| And our mightiest heroes lie stretched on the plains | D |
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| Ah dead is the harp which was wont to give pleasure | E |
| Ah sunk is our sweet country's rapturous measure | E |
| But the war note is waked and the clangour of spears | F |
| The dread yell of Sloghan yet sounds in our ears | F |
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| Ah where are the heroes triumphant in death | G |
| Convulsed they recline on the blood sprinkled heath | H |
| Or the yelling ghosts ride on the blast that sweeps by | I |
| And 'my countrymen vengeance ' incessantly cry | I |
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| OCTOBER | E |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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