Elegy On Stella Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOPQ RSTU VWXW YZA2Z B2LBL C2D2E2D2 F2G2SH2 I2BJ2B K2L2M2L2 NN2D2N2 NO2P2Q2 XSR2S F2S2E2S2 T2U2DL2 R2V2V2V2 YW2M2X2| STRAIT is the spot and green the sod | A |
| From whence my sorrows flow | B |
| And soundly sleeps the ever dear | C |
| Inhabitant below | B |
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| Pardon my transport gentle shade | D |
| While o'er the turf I bow | E |
| Thy earthy house is circumscrib'd | F |
| And solitary now | E |
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| Not one poor stone to tell thy name | G |
| Or make thy virtues known | H |
| But what avails to me to thee | I |
| The sculpture of a stone | H |
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| I'll sit me down upon this turf | J |
| And wipe the rising tear | K |
| The chill blast passes swiftly by | L |
| And flits around thy bier | M |
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| Dark is the dwelling of the Dead | N |
| And sad their house of rest | O |
| Low lies the head by Death's cold arms | P |
| In awful fold embrac'd | Q |
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| I saw the grim Avenger stand | R |
| Incessant by thy side | S |
| Unseen by thee his deadly breath | T |
| Thy lingering frame destroy'd | U |
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| Pale grew the roses on thy cheek | V |
| And wither'd was thy bloom | W |
| Till the slow poison brought thy youth | X |
| Untimely to the tomb | W |
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| Thus wasted are the ranks of men | Y |
| Youth Health and Beauty fall | Z |
| The ruthless ruin spreads around | A2 |
| And overwhelms us all | Z |
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| Behold where round thy narrow house | B2 |
| The graves unnumber'd lie | L |
| The multitude that sleep below | B |
| Existed but to die | L |
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| Some with the tottering steps of Age | C2 |
| Trod down the darksome way | D2 |
| And some in youth's lamented prime | E2 |
| Like thee were torn away | D2 |
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| Yet these however hard their fate | F2 |
| Their native earth receives | G2 |
| Amid their weeping friends they died | S |
| And fill their fathers' graves | H2 |
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| From thy lov'd friends when first thy heart | I2 |
| Was taught by Heav'n to glow | B |
| Far far remov'd the ruthless stroke | J2 |
| Surpris'd and laid thee low | B |
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| At the last limits of our isle | K2 |
| Wash'd by the western wave | L2 |
| Touch'd by thy face a thoughtful bard | M2 |
| Sits lonely by thy grave | L2 |
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| Pensive he eyes before him spread | N |
| The deep outstretch'd and vast | N2 |
| His mourning notes are borne away | D2 |
| Along the rapid blast | N2 |
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| And while amid the silent Dead | N |
| Thy hapless fate he mourns | O2 |
| His own long sorrows freshly bleed | P2 |
| And all his grief returns | Q2 |
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| Like thee cut off in early youth | X |
| And flower of beauty's pride | S |
| His friend his first and only joy | R2 |
| His much lov'd Stella died | S |
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| Him too the stern impulse of Fate | F2 |
| Resistless bears along | S2 |
| And the same rapid tide shall whelm | E2 |
| The Poet and the Song | S2 |
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| The tear of pity which he sheds | T2 |
| He asks not to receive | U2 |
| Let but his poor remains be laid | D |
| Obscurely in the grave | L2 |
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| His grief worn heart with truest joy | R2 |
| Shall meet he welcome shock | V2 |
| His airy harp shall lie unstrung | V2 |
| And silent on the rock | V2 |
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| O my dear maid my Stella when | Y |
| Shall this sick period close | W2 |
| And lead the solitary bard | M2 |
| To his belov'd repose | X2 |
Robert Burns
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