To Ruin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDCEFEFGHGH AAIJJKLMLMNOPOALL hail inexorable lord | A |
At whose destruction breathing word | B |
The mightiest empires fall | C |
Thy cruel woe delighted train | D |
The ministers of grief and pain | D |
A sullen welcome all | C |
With stern resolv'd despairing eye | E |
I see each aim d dart | F |
For one has cut my dearest tie | E |
And quivers in my heart | F |
Then low'ring and pouring | G |
The storm no more I dread | H |
Tho' thick'ning and black'ning | G |
Round my devoted head | H |
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And thou grim Pow'r by life abhorr'd | A |
While life a pleasure can afford | A |
Oh hear a wretch's pray'r | I |
Nor more I shrink appall'd afraid | J |
I court I beg thy friendly aid | J |
To close this scene of care | K |
When shall my soul in silent peace | L |
Resign life's joyless day | M |
My weary heart is throbbing cease | L |
Cold mould'ring in the clay | M |
No fear more no tear more | N |
To stain my lifeless face | O |
Enclasp d and grasped | P |
Within thy cold embrace | O |
Robert Burns
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