The Fatal Sisters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFH IJIJ GKGK LMNM IOCO HPHP QCRI SETE GUHU VKVK WXYX ZMZM A2JA2J B2PB2P| Now the storm begins to lower | A |
| Haste the loom of Hell prepares | B |
| Iron sleet of arrowy shower | A |
| Hurtles in the darkened air | C |
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| Glittering lances are the loom | D |
| Where the dusky warp we strain | E |
| Weaving many a soldier's doom | D |
| Orkney's woe and Randver's bane | E |
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| See the grisly texture grow | F |
| 'Tis of human entrails made | G |
| And the weights that play below | F |
| Each a gasping warrior's head | H |
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| Shafts for shuttles dipped in gore | I |
| Shoot the trembling cords along | J |
| Sword that once a monarch bore | I |
| Keep the tissue close and strong | J |
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| Mista black terrific maid | G |
| Sangrida and Hilda see | K |
| Join the wayward work to aid | G |
| 'Tis the woof of victory | K |
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| Ere the ruddy sun be set | L |
| Pikes must shiver javelins sing | M |
| Blade with clattering buckler meet | N |
| Hauberk crash and helmet ring | M |
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| Weave the crimson web of war | I |
| Let us go and let us fly | O |
| Where our friends the conflict share | C |
| Where they triumph where they die | O |
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| As the paths of fate we tread | H |
| Wading through the ensanguined field | P |
| Gondula and Geira spread | H |
| O'er the youthful king your shield | P |
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| We the reins to slaughter give | Q |
| Ours to kill and ours to spare | C |
| Spite the dangers he shall live | R |
| Weave the crimson web of war | I |
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| They whom once the desert beach | S |
| Pent within its bleak domain | E |
| Soon their ample sway shall stretch | T |
| O'er the plenty of the plain | E |
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| Low the dauntless earl is laid | G |
| Gored with many a gaping wound | U |
| Fate demands a nobler head | H |
| Soon a king shall bite the ground | U |
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| Long his loss shall Eirin weep | V |
| Ne'er again his likeness see | K |
| Long her strains in sorrow steep | V |
| Strains of immortality | K |
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| Horror covers all the heath | W |
| Clouds of carnage blot the sun | X |
| Sisters weave the web of death | Y |
| Sisters cease the work is done | X |
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| Hail the task and hail the hands | Z |
| Songs of joy and triumph sing | M |
| Joy to the victorious bands | Z |
| Triumph to the younger king | M |
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| Mortal thou that hear'st the tale | A2 |
| Learn the tenor of our song | J |
| Scotland through each winding vale | A2 |
| Far and wide the notes prolong | J |
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| Sisters hence with spurs of speed | B2 |
| Each her thundering falchion wield | P |
| Each bestride her sable steed | B2 |
| Hurry hurry to the field | P |
Thomas Gray
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