Manticor In Arabia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDDEEFFGGAAHHIIFFJJ FFFFGGFF| The manticors of the montaines Mighte feed them on thy | A |
| braines Skelton | B |
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| Thick and scented daisies spread | C |
| Where with surface dull like lead | C |
| Arabian pools of slime invite | D |
| Manticors down from neighbouring height | D |
| To dip heads to cool fiery blood | E |
| In oozy depths of sucking mud | E |
| Sing then of ringstraked manticor | F |
| Man visaged tiger who of yore | F |
| Held whole Arabian waste in fee | G |
| With raging pride from sea to sea | G |
| That every lesser tribe would fly | A |
| Those armed feet that hooded eye | A |
| Till preying on himself at last | H |
| Manticor dwindled sank was passed | H |
| By gryphon flocks he did disdain | I |
| Ay wyverns and rude dragons reign | I |
| In ancient keep of manticor | F |
| Agreed old foe can rise no more | F |
| Only here from lakes of slime | J |
| Drinks manticor and bides due time | J |
| Six times Fowl Phoenix in yon tree | F |
| Must mount his pyre and burn and be | F |
| Renewed again till in such hour | F |
| As seventh Phoenix flames to power | F |
| And lifts young feathers overnice | G |
| From scented pool of steamy spice | G |
| Shall manticor his sway restore | F |
| And rule Arabian plains once more | F |
Robert Graves
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