à?lla, A Tragical Interlude - Act Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEFFEGEHH IDDJBICDKIIDCIHBIDBI IDDDEIBDLIIHIDBIILIL HHDLJILDDJIJIJJ HJLBLLLDLLDDLLLLLGLG DD HLDDLD DDGDGHIJDD DHMDDDDDDDDDLDDDDLDH DLILIIDILDDHHDHLHLLD LDDDL DLL LLILIILILDDLSCENE I | A |
AT BRYSTOWE | B |
LLA AND SERVITOURES | C |
AELLA | D |
TYS nowe fulle morne I thoughten bie laste nyghte | E |
To have been heere mie stede han notte mie love | F |
Thys ys mie pallace lette mie hyndes alyghte | E |
Whylste I goe oppe wake mie slepeynge dove | F |
Staie here mie hyndlettes I shal goe above | F |
Nowe Birtha wyll thie loke enhele mie spryte | E |
Thie smyles unto mie woundes a baulme wylle prove | G |
Mie ledanne boddie wylle bee sette aryghte | E |
Egwina haste ope the portalle door | H |
Yatte I on Birtha's breste maie thynke of ware nemore | H |
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EGWINA | I |
Oh lla | D |
LLA | D |
Ah that semmlykeene to mee | J |
Speeketh a legendary tale of woe | B |
EGWINA | I |
Birtha is | C |
LLA | D |
Whatt where how saie whatte of shee | K |
EGWINA | I |
Gone | I |
LLA | D |
Gone ye goddes | C |
EGWINA | I |
Alas ytte ys toe true | H |
Yee seynctes hee dies awaie wythe myckle woe | B |
lla what lla oh hee lyves agen | I |
LLA | D |
Cal mee notte lla I am hymme ne moe | B |
Where ys shee gon awaie ah speake how when | I |
EGWINA | I |
I will | D |
LLA | D |
Caparyson a score of stedes flie flie | D |
Where ys shee swythynne speeke or instante thou shalte die | E |
EGWINA | I |
Stylle thie loud rage here thou whatte I knowe | B |
LLA | D |
Oh speek | L |
EGWINA | I |
Lyche prymrose droopynge wythe the heavie rayne | I |
Laste nyghte I lefte her droopynge wythe her wiere | H |
Her love the gare thatte gave her harte syke peyne | I |
LLA | D |
Her love to whomme | B |
EGWINA | I |
To thee her spouse alleyne | I |
As ys mie hentylle everyche morne to goe | L |
I wente and oped her chamber doore ynn twayne | I |
Botte found her notte as I was wont to doe | L |
Thanne alle arounde the pallace I dyd seere | H |
Botte culde to mie hartes woe ne fynde her aniewheere | H |
LLA | D |
Thou lyest foul hagge thou lyest thou art her ayde | L |
To chere her louste botte noe ytte cannotte bee | J |
EGWINA | I |
Gyff trouthe appear notte inne whatte I have sayde | L |
Drawe forthe thie anlace swythyn thanne mee slea | D |
LLA | D |
Botte yette ytte muste ytte muste bee soe I see | J |
Shee wythe somme loustie paramoure ys gone | I |
Itte moste bee soe oh how ytte wracketh mee | J |
Mie race of love mie race of lyfe ys ronne | I |
Nowe rage brondeous storm tempeste comme | J |
Nete lyvynge upon erthe can now enswote mie domme | J |
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SERVYTOURE | H |
Loverde I am aboute the trouthe to saie | J |
Laste nyghte fulle late I dydde retourne to reste | L |
As to mie chamber I dydde betide mie waie | B |
To Birtha onne hys name and place addreste | L |
Downe to hym camme shee butte thereof the reste | L |
I ken ne matter so mie hommage made | L |
LLA | D |
O speake ne moe mie harte flames yn yttes heste | L |
I once was lla nowe bee notte yttes shade | L |
Hanne alle the fuirie of mysfortunes wylle | D |
Fallen mine mie benned headde I hanne been lla stylle | D |
Thys alleyn was unburled of alle mie spryte | L |
Mie honnoure honnoure frownd on the dolce wynde | L |
Thatte steeked on ytte nowe wyth rage Im pyghte | L |
A brondeous unweere ys mie engyned mynde | L |
Mie hommeur yette somme drybblet joie maie fynde | L |
To the Danes woundes I wylle another yeve | G |
Whanne thos mie rennome and mie peace ys rynde | L |
Itte were a recrandize to thyncke toe live | G |
Mie huscarles untoe everie asker telle | D |
Gyffe noblie lla lyved as noblie lla felle | D |
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SERVYTOURE | H |
lla ys sleene the flower of Englond's marrde | L |
LLA | D |
Be stylle stythe lette the chyrches rynge mie knelle | D |
Call hyther brave Coernyke he as warde | L |
Of thys mie Brystowe castle wyll doe welle | D |
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LLA | D |
Thee I ordeyne the warde so alle maie telle | D |
I have botte lyttel tym to dragge thys lyfe | G |
Mie lethal tale alyche a lethalle belle | D |
Dynne yn the eares of her I wyschd mie wyfe | G |
Botte ah shee maie be fayre | H |
EGWINA | I |
Yatte shee moste bee | J |
LLA | D |
Ah saie notte soe yatte worde woulde lla dobblie slee | D |
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LLA | D |
Ah Birtha here | H |
BIRTHA | M |
Whatte dynne ys thys Whatte merits yis leathalle knelle | D |
Where ys mie lla speeke where howe ys hee | D |
Oh lla art thou yanne alyve and well | D |
LLA | D |
I lyve yndeed botte doe notte lyve for thee | D |
BIRTHA | D |
Whatte menes mie lla | D |
LLA | D |
Here mie meneynge see | D |
Thie foulness urged mie honde to gyve thys wounde | L |
Ytte mee unsprytes | D |
BIRTHA | D |
Ytte hathe unspryted mee | D |
LLA | D |
Ah heavens mie Birtha fallethe to the grounde | L |
Botte yette I am a manne and so wylle bee | D |
HURRA | H |
lla I amme a Dane botte yette a friende to thee | D |
Thys damoyselle I founde wythynne a woode | L |
Strevynge fulle harde anenste a burled swayne | I |
I sente hym myrynge ynne mie compheeres blodde | L |
Celmonde hys name chief of thie warrynge trayne | I |
Yis damoiselle soughte to be here agayne | I |
The whyche albeytte foemen wee dydd wylle | D |
So here wee broughte her wythe you to remayne | I |
COERNYKE | L |
Yee nobyile Danes wythe goulde I wyll you fylle | D |
LLA | D |
Birtha mie lyfe mie love oh she ys fayre | H |
Whatte faultes could Birtha have whatte faultes could lla feare | H |
BIRTHA | D |
Amm I yenne thyne I cannotte blame thie feere | H |
Botte doe reste mee uponne mie lla's breaste | L |
I wylle to thee bewryen the woefulle gare | H |
Celmonde dyd comme to mee at tyme of reste | L |
Wordeynge for mee to flie att your requeste | L |
To Watchette towne where you deceasynge laie | D |
I wyth hym fledde thro' a murke wode we preste | L |
Where hee foule love unto mie eares dyd saie | D |
The Danes | D |
LLA | D |
Oh I die content | L |
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BIRTHA | D |
Oh ys mie lla dedde | L |
O I will make hys grave mie vyrgyn spousal bedde | L |
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COERNYKE | L |
Whatt lla deadde and Birtha dyynge toe | L |
Soe falles the fayrest flourettes of the playne | I |
Who canne unplyte the wurchys heaven can doe | L |
Or who untweste the role of shappe yn twayne | I |
lla the rennome was thie onlie gayne | I |
For yatte thie pleasaunce thie joie was loste | L |
Thie countrymen shall rere thee on the playne | I |
A pyle of carnes as anie grave can boaste | L |
Further a just amede to thee to bee | D |
Inne heaven thou synge of Godde on erthe we'lle synge of thee | D |
The Ende | L |
Thomas Chatterton
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