A Farewell To America To Mrs. S. W. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDEDE CFAFA FGHGI FFEFE FBJBJ FKAKA FLMLM JJEJE JNOFO JPJPJ JOAOA JEJEJ| plain | A |
| I leave thine op'ning charms O spring | B |
| And tempt the roaring main | A |
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| II | C |
| In vain for me the flow'rets rise | D |
| And boast their gaudy pride | E |
| While here beneath the northern skies | D |
| I mourn for health deny'd | E |
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| III | C |
| Celestial maid of rosy hue | F |
| O let me feel thy reign | A |
| I languish till thy face I view | F |
| Thy vanish'd joys regain | A |
| - | |
| IV | F |
| Susanna mourns nor can I bear | G |
| To see the crystal show'r | H |
| Or mark the tender falling tear | G |
| At sad departure's hour | I |
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| V | F |
| Not unregarding can I see | F |
| Her soul with grief opprest | E |
| But let no sighs no groans for me | F |
| Steal from her pensive breast | E |
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| VI | F |
| In vain the feather'd warblers sing | B |
| In vain the garden blooms | J |
| And on the bosom of the spring | B |
| Breathes out her sweet perfumes | J |
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| VII | F |
| While for Britannia's distant shore | K |
| We sweep the liquid plain | A |
| And with astonish'd eyes explore | K |
| The wide extended main | A |
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| VIII | F |
| Lo Health appears celestial dame | L |
| Complacent and serene | M |
| With Hebe's mantle o'er her Frame | L |
| With soul delighting mein | M |
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| IX | J |
| To mark the vale where London lies | J |
| With misty vapours crown'd | E |
| Which cloud Aurora's thousand dyes | J |
| And veil her charms around | E |
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| X | J |
| Why Phoebus moves thy car so slow | N |
| So slow thy rising ray | O |
| Give us the famous town to view | F |
| Thou glorious king of day | O |
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| - | |
| XI | J |
| For thee Britannia I resign | P |
| New England's smiling fields | J |
| To view again her charms divine | P |
| What joy the prospect yields | J |
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| XII | J |
| But thou Temptation hence away | O |
| With all thy fatal train | A |
| Nor once seduce my soul away | O |
| By thine enchanting strain | A |
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| XIII | J |
| Thrice happy they whose heav'nly shield | E |
| Secures their souls from harms | J |
| And fell Temptation on the field | E |
| Of all its pow'r disarms | J |
Phillis Wheatley
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