Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBACBBCADADEE

Why dost thou beat thy breast and rend thine hairA
And to the deaf sea pour thy frantic criesB
Before the gale the laden vessel fliesB
The Heavens all favoring smile the breeze is fairA
Hark to the clamors of the exulting crewC
Hark how their thunders mock the patient skiesB
Why dost thou shriek and strain thy red swoln eyesB
As the white sail dim lessens from thy viewC
Go pine in want and anguish and despairA
There is no mercy found in human kindD
Go Widow to thy grave and rest thee thereA
But may the God of Justice bid the windD
Whelm that curst bark beneath the mountain waveE
And bless with Liberty and Death the SlaveE

Robert Southey



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