On The Death Of A Youn Gentleman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGGHHIJKKLLME NNOO| WHO taught thee conflict with the pow'rs of night | A |
| To vanquish satan in the fields of light | A |
| Who strung thy feeble arms with might unknown | B |
| How great thy conquest and how bright thy crown | C |
| War with each princedom throne and pow'r is o'er | D |
| The scene is ended to return no more | E |
| O could my muse thy seat on high behold | F |
| How deckt with laurel how enrich'd with gold | F |
| O could she hear what praise thine harp employs | G |
| How sweet thine anthems how divine thy joys | G |
| What heav'nly grandeur should exalt her strain | H |
| What holy raptures in her numbers reign | H |
| To sooth the troubles of the mind to peace | I |
| To still the tumult of life's tossing seas | J |
| To ease the anguish of the parents heart | K |
| What shall my sympathizing verse impart | K |
| Where is the balm to heal so deep a wound | L |
| Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found | L |
| Look gracious Spirit from thine heav'nly bow'r | M |
| And thy full joys into their bosoms pour | E |
| The raging tempest of their grief control | N |
| And spread the dawn of glory through the soul | N |
| To eye the path the saint departed trod | O |
| And trace him to the bosom of his God | O |
Phillis Wheatley
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