Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACBBCADADEEWhy dost thou beat thy breast and rend thine hair | A |
And to the deaf sea pour thy frantic cries | B |
Before the gale the laden vessel flies | B |
The Heavens all favoring smile the breeze is fair | A |
Hark to the clamors of the exulting crew | C |
Hark how their thunders mock the patient skies | B |
Why dost thou shriek and strain thy red swoln eyes | B |
As the white sail dim lessens from thy view | C |
Go pine in want and anguish and despair | A |
There is no mercy found in human kind | D |
Go Widow to thy grave and rest thee there | A |
But may the God of Justice bid the wind | D |
Whelm that curst bark beneath the mountain wave | E |
And bless with Liberty and Death the Slave | E |
Robert Southey
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