To Ruin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDCEFEFGHGH AAIJJKLMLMNOPO| ALL 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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