Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDECFGGFHH| Did then the bold Slave rear at last the Sword | A |
| Of Vengeance drench'd he deep its thirsty blade | B |
| In the cold bosom of his tyrant lord | A |
| Oh who shall blame him thro' the midnight shade | B |
| Still o'er his tortur'd memory rush'd the thought | C |
| Of every past delight his native grove | D |
| Friendship's best joys and Liberty and Love | E |
| All lost for ever then Remembrance wrought | C |
| His soul to madness round his restless bed | F |
| Freedom's pale spectre stalk'd with a stern smile | G |
| Pointing the wounds of slavery the while | G |
| She shook her chains and hung her sullen head | F |
| No more on Heaven he calls with fruitless breath | H |
| But sweetens with revenge the draught of death | H |
Robert Southey
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