From France: An Ode: (exerpt) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBAACDDDEFEGGFG| V | A |
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| O Liberty with profitless endeavour | B |
| Have I pursued thee many a weary hour | B |
| But thou nor swell'st the victor's strain nor ever | B |
| Didst breathe thy soul in forms of human power | B |
| Alike from all howe'er they praise thee | A |
| Nor prayer nor boastful name delays thee | A |
| Alike from Priestcraft's harpy minions | C |
| And factious Blasphemy's obscener slaves | D |
| Thou speedest on thy subtle pinions | D |
| The guide of homeless winds and playmate of the waves | D |
| And there I felt thee on that sea cliff's verge | E |
| Whose pines scarce travelled by the breeze above | F |
| Had made one murmur with the distant surge | E |
| Yes while I stood and gazed my temples bare | G |
| And shot my being through earth sea and air | G |
| Possessing all things with intensest love | F |
| O Liberty my spirit felt thee there | G |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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