Why Sit'st Thou By That Ruin'd Hall? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FBFB GHG| 'Why sit'st thou by that ruin'd hall | A |
| Thou aged carle so stern and grey | B |
| Dost thou its former pride recall | A |
| Or ponder how it pass'd away ' | C |
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| 'Know'st thou not me ' the Deep Voice cried | D |
| 'So long enjoy'd so oft misused | E |
| Alternate in thy fickle pride | D |
| Desired neglected and accused | E |
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| 'Before my breath like blazing flax | F |
| Man and his marvels pass away | B |
| And changing empires wane and wax | F |
| Are founded flourish and decay | B |
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| 'Redeem mine hours the space is brief | G |
| While in my glass the sand grains shiver | H |
| And measureless thy joy or grief | G |
| When Time and thou shalt part for ever ' | - |
Sir Walter Scott
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