Fragments - Lines 0237 - 0254 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFBEEGHDIJDKLM| To you I have given wings on which you may fly aloft | A |
| Above the boundless sea and all the earth | B |
| With ease At feasts and banquets you will be present | C |
| On all occasions lying in the mouths of many | D |
| And to the clear toned sound of pipes young men | E |
| With seemly grace and loveliness their voices fair and clear | F |
| Will sing of you And when beneath the hollows of the murky earth | B |
| You go to Hades' halls ringing with lamentation | E |
| Not even then though dead will you ever lose your fame instead you will be known | E |
| To people of all time your name imperishable | G |
| Kyrnos roaming through mainland Hellas and up and down the islands | H |
| Passing over the restless fish swarming sea | D |
| Not mounted on the backs of horses but sent abroad | I |
| By the radiant gifts of the Muses violet crowned | J |
| To all who care for them even to those who are not yet born you will be | D |
| Alike a theme of song so long as earth and sun exist | K |
| From you however I get scant respect | L |
| Instead you cheat me with words as if I were a little child | M |
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