The Subalterns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAB A CDCD A EFEF A GAGA A HIHI| I | A |
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| Poor wanderer said the leaden sky | A |
| I fain would lighten thee | B |
| But there are laws in force on high | A |
| Which say it must not be | B |
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| II | A |
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| I would not freeze thee shorn one cried | C |
| The North knew I but how | D |
| To warm my breath to slack my stride | C |
| But I am ruled as thou | D |
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| III | A |
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| To morrow I attack thee wight | E |
| Said Sickness Yet I swear | F |
| I bear thy little ark no spite | E |
| But am bid enter there | F |
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| IV | A |
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| Come hither Son I heard Death say | G |
| I did not will a grave | A |
| Should end thy pilgrimage to day | G |
| But I too am a slave | A |
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| V | A |
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| We smiled upon each other then | H |
| And life to me had less | I |
| Of that fell look it wore ere when | H |
| They owned their passiveness | I |
Thomas Hardy
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