Before Actium. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFCGCGCHCC| Life is up and takes the morning | A |
| Why should love still lie abed | B |
| Lo the charms of slumber scorning | A |
| Tramps the troop that must be led | B |
| Thousands come from hill and valley | C |
| Loud the town with clamour fill | D |
| Why must then their leader dally | C |
| Couched with Cleopatra still | D |
| Life's awake let Duty waken | E |
| Love's a snare at such a time | F |
| When Mars' harness should be taken | E |
| And the hearts of heroes chime | F |
| Let the leader leave the lady | C |
| Cupid is not lord of these | G |
| Now the War god ranks them ready | C |
| To post over land and seas | G |
| Done with power's imperial pity | C |
| Oh the hearts to day must die | H |
| Romans in an alien city | C |
| Pledged to death for Antony | C |
Robert Crawford
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