The King's Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI ABAB JIJI| Who rideth through the driving rain | A |
| At such a headlong speed | B |
| Naked and pale he rides amain | A |
| Upon a naked steed | B |
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| Nor hollow nor height his going bars | C |
| His wet steed shines like silk | D |
| His head is golden to the stars | C |
| And his limbs are white as milk | D |
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| But lo he dwindles as the light | E |
| That lifts from a black mere | F |
| And as the fair youth wanes from sight | E |
| The steed grows mightier | G |
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| What wizard by yon holy tree | H |
| Mutters unto the sky | I |
| Where Macha's flame tongued horses flee | H |
| On hoofs of thunder by | I |
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| Ah 'tis not holy so to ban | A |
| The youth of kingly seed | B |
| Ah woe the wasting of a man | A |
| Who changes to a steed | B |
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| Nightly upon the Plain of Kings | J |
| When Macha's day is nigh | I |
| He gallops and the dark wind brings | J |
| His lonely human cry | I |
Thomas Boyd
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