A Rebus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEED A FFGHHG A IIJKKJI | A |
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A bird delicious to the taste | B |
On which an army once did feast | C |
Sent by an hand unseen | D |
A creature of the horned race | E |
Which Britain's royal standards grace | E |
A gem of vivid green | D |
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II | A |
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A town of gaiety and sport | F |
Where beaux and beauteous nymphs resort | F |
And gallantry doth reign | G |
A Dardan hero fam'd of old | H |
For youth and beauty as we're told | H |
And by a monarch slain | G |
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III | A |
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A peer of popular applause | I |
Who doth our violated laws | I |
And grievances proclaim | J |
Th' initials show a vanquish'd town | K |
That adds fresh glory and renown | K |
To old Britannia's fame | J |
Phillis Wheatley
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