An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJThe poet asks and Phillis can't refuse | A |
To show th' obedience of the Infant muse | A |
She knows the Quail of most inviting taste | B |
Fed Israel's army in the dreary waste | B |
And what's on Britain's royal standard borne | C |
But the tall graceful rampant Unicorn | C |
The Emerald with a vivid verdure glows | D |
Among the gems which regal crowns compose | D |
Boston's a town polite and debonair | E |
To which the beaux and beauteous nymphs repair | E |
Each Helen strikes the mind with sweet surprise | F |
While living lightning flashes from her eyes | F |
See young Euphorbus of the Dardan line | G |
By Manelaus' hand to death resign | G |
The well known peer of popular applause | H |
Is C m zealous to support our laws | H |
Quebec now vanquish'd must obey | I |
She too much annual tribute pay | I |
To Britain of immortal fame | J |
And add new glory to her name | J |
Phillis Wheatley
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