Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet Vi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFEGHHGII| High in the air expos'd the Slave is hung | A |
| To all the birds of Heaven their living food | B |
| He groans not tho' awaked by that fierce Sun | C |
| New torturers live to drink their parent blood | D |
| He groans not tho' the gorging Vulture tear | E |
| The quivering fibre hither gaze O ye | F |
| Who tore this Man from Peace and Liberty | F |
| Gaze hither ye who weigh with scrupulous care | E |
| The right and prudent for beyond the grave | G |
| There is another world and call to mind | H |
| Ere your decrees proclaim to all mankind | H |
| Murder is legalized that there the Slave | G |
| Before the Eternal thunder tongued shall plead | I |
| Against the deep damnation of your deed | I |
Robert Southey
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