Ode Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Oswald, Of Auchencruive. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC D EEEEEDDFFF D EEEEFFE F GHGIIJHJ| Dweller in yon dungeon dark | A |
| Hangman of creation mark | A |
| Who in widow weeds appears | B |
| Laden with unhonoured years | B |
| Noosing with care a bursting purse | C |
| Baited with many a deadly curse | C |
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| Strophe | D |
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| View the wither'd beldam's face | E |
| Can thy keen inspection trace | E |
| Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace | E |
| Note that eye 'tis rheum o'erflows | E |
| Pity's flood there never rose | E |
| See these hands ne'er stretch'd to save | D |
| Hands that took but never gave | D |
| Keeper of Mammon's iron chest | F |
| Lo there she goes unpitied and unblest | F |
| She goes but not to realms of everlasting rest | F |
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| Antistrophe | D |
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| Plunderer of armies lift thine eyes | E |
| Awhile forbear ye tort'ring fiends | E |
| Seest thou whose step unwilling hither bends | E |
| No fallen angel hurl'd from upper skies | E |
| 'Tis thy trusty quondam mate | F |
| Doom'd to share thy fiery fate | F |
| She tardy hell ward plies | E |
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| Epode | F |
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| And are they of no more avail | G |
| Ten thousand glitt'ring pounds a year | H |
| In other worlds can Mammon fail | G |
| Omnipotent as he is here | I |
| O bitter mock'ry of the pompous bier | I |
| While down the wretched vital part is driv'n | J |
| The cave lodg'd beggar with a conscience clear | H |
| Expires in rags unknown and goes to Heav'n | J |
Robert Burns
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