A Tombless Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHAIDJKLMNOPQR STUAVWXAYZA2B2IC2D2E 2F2AG2H2| 'Tis true Idoloclastes Satyrane | A |
| So call him for so mingling blame with praise | B |
| And smiles with anxious looks his earliest friends | C |
| Masking his birth name wont to character | D |
| His wild wood fancy and impetuous zeal | E |
| 'Tis true that passionate for ancient truths | F |
| And honouring with religious love the Great | G |
| Of elder times he hated to excess | H |
| With an unquiet and intolerant scorn | A |
| The hollow Puppets of an hollow Age | I |
| Ever idolatrous and changing ever | D |
| Its worthless Idols Learning Power and Time | J |
| Too much of all thus wasting in vain war | K |
| Of fervid colloquy Sickness 'tis true | L |
| Whole years of weary days besieged him close | M |
| Even to the gates and inlets of his life | N |
| But it is true no less that strenuous firm | O |
| And with a natural gladness he maintained | P |
| The citadel unconquered and in joy | Q |
| Was strong to follow the delightful Muse | R |
| For not a hidden path that to the shades | S |
| Of the beloved Parnassian forest leads | T |
| Lurked undiscovered by him not a rill | U |
| There issues from the fount of Hippocrene | A |
| But he had traced it upward to its source | V |
| Through open glade dark glen and secret dell | W |
| Knew the gay wild flowers on its banks and culled | X |
| Its med'cinable herbs Yea oft alone | A |
| Piercing the long neglected holy cave | Y |
| The haunt obscure of old Philosophy | Z |
| He bade with lifted torch its starry walls | A2 |
| Sparkle as erst they sparkled to the flame | B2 |
| Of odorous lamps tended by Saint and Sage | I |
| O framed for calmer times and nobler hearts | C2 |
| O studious Poet eloquent for truth | D2 |
| Philosopher contemning wealth and death | E2 |
| Yet docile childlike full of Life and Love | F2 |
| Here rather than on monumental stone | A |
| This record of thy worth thy Friend inscribes | G2 |
| Thoughtful with quiet tears upon his cheek | H2 |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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