The Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KHKL LLLL MNMN LOLO BEPE QLQL RSRS| Ah this wild desolated spot | A |
| Calls forth the plaintive tear | B |
| Remembrance paints my little cot | A |
| Which once did flourish here | C |
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| No more the early lark and thrush | D |
| Shall hail the rising day | E |
| Nor warble on their native bush | F |
| Nor charm me with their lay | E |
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| No more the foliage of the oak | G |
| Shall spread its wonted shade | H |
| Now fell'd beneath the hostile stroke | G |
| Of red destruction's blade | H |
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| Beneath its bloom when summer smil'd | I |
| How oft the rural train | J |
| The lingering hours with tales beguil'd | I |
| Or danc'd to Colin's strain | J |
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| And when Aurora with the dawn | K |
| Dispell'd the midnight shade | H |
| Her flocks to the accustom'd lawn | K |
| Would lovely Phillis lead | L |
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| Delusive grandeur never wreath'd | L |
| Around Contentment's head | L |
| 'Till war its flaming sword unsheath'd | L |
| And wide destruction spread | L |
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| The daemon rising from afar | M |
| His thunders loudly roll | N |
| And dreadful in his blazing car | M |
| He shakes the shrinking soul | N |
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| His foaming coursers onward bend | L |
| And falling empires moan | O |
| One piercing cry the heavens ascend | L |
| One universal groan | O |
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| At length my cottage memory's tear | B |
| Must here its tribute pay | E |
| Was crush'd beneath the victor's spear | P |
| And war's oppressive sway | E |
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| And what avail'd the tears the woe | Q |
| Of peace the hamlet's pride | L |
| She fell beneath the monster's blow | Q |
| And in oblivion died | L |
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| Adieu ye shades adieu ye groves | R |
| Now buried in your fall | S |
| Where'er my eye bewilder'd roves | R |
| Tis desolation all | S |
Thomas Gent
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