Byron Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMMNNOOAAPPQQ| While genius endows the sons of men | A |
| With eloquence or with poetic pen | A |
| It leaves them still the frailties of our frame | B |
| It does not curb but fans th' unrighteous flame | B |
| It gives a wider nobler range of thought | C |
| But such advantage oft is dearly bought | D |
| Man's lower nature troubles scarce the low | E |
| But like a fiend at natures high doth go | E |
| Of such a nature now these lines shall tell | F |
| Who wrote full many a line and wrote them well | F |
| Byron the noble sensitive and high | G |
| Whose bosom hath not heav'd for thee a sigh | G |
| Whose breast hath not full often given room | H |
| To mournful thoughts for thy untimely doom | H |
| Thy genius soar'd to regions bright and fair | I |
| And thou such times were with thy genius there | I |
| And then thy lofty mind 'neath passion's sway | J |
| Left its high throne and wander'd far astray | J |
| 'Twas strange and sad that one so richly bless'd | K |
| Should find within the world so much unrest | K |
| But we can in thy life and nature see | L |
| The means to some extent that fell'd the tree | L |
| Thy shining youth men much too freely prais'd | M |
| And then the cry of blame too loudly rais'd | M |
| The fickle crowd thy person loudly curs'd | N |
| And then thou fled and dar'd them do their worst | N |
| Unfortunate in love thy youthful heart | O |
| Was pain'd and likewise with the burning smart | O |
| Thy vanity receiv'd from critic's pen | A |
| Which often makes sarcastic stronger men | A |
| Let us be fair with thee thy fate deplore | P |
| And grieve thy youthful death if nothing more | P |
| Let us in mercy judge for thus we can | Q |
| E'en with thy faults thou wert a noble man | Q |
Thomas Frederick Young
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