Part Of The Dialogue Between Hector And Andromache Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGHHIIJKKL LMKNOPPQO| She ceas'd then godlike Hector answer'd kind | A |
| His various plumage sporting in the wind | A |
| 'That post and all the rest shall be my care | B |
| But shall I then forsake the unfinish'd war | C |
| How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name | D |
| And one base action sully all my fame | D |
| Acquired by wounds and battles bravely fought | E |
| Oh how my soul abhors so mean a thought | E |
| Long have I learnt to slight this feeble breath | F |
| And view with cheerful eyes approaching death | F |
| The inexorable sisters have decreed | G |
| That Priam's house and Priam's self shall bleed | G |
| The day shall come in which proud Troy shall yield | H |
| And spread its smoking ruins o'er the field | H |
| Yet Hecuba's nor Priam's hoary age | I |
| Whose blood shall quench some Grecian's thirsty rage | I |
| Their souls dismiss'd through many a ghastly wound | J |
| Can in my bosom half that grief create | K |
| As the sad thought of your impending fate | K |
| When some proud Grecian dame shall tasks impose | L |
| Mimic your years and ridicule your woes | L |
| Beneath Hyperia's waters shall you sweat | M |
| And fainting scarce support the liquid weight | K |
| Then shall some Argive loud insulting cry | N |
| 'Behold the wife of Hector guard of Troy ' | O |
| Tears at my name shall drown those beauteous eyes | P |
| And that fair bosom heave with rising sighs | P |
| Before that day by some brave hero's hand | Q |
| May I lie slain and spurn the bloody sand ' | O |
Samuel Johnson
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