Desperation And Madness Of Guilt, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDGHIJKLMNOPPQR DSQTUVWBXYZA2B2C2D2T E2F2JD2G2H2I2J2K2L2| In depth of loneliest wood amid the din | A |
| Of midnight storm and thunder spoke Despair | B |
| While Horror shuddering heard that voice alone | C |
| Oh load of guilt relentless misery | D |
| Still ever still the same where'er I fly | E |
| No peace no hope not one poor moment's glimpse | F |
| Through all the blackness of eternity | D |
| Monster of direst guilt this mother's hand | G |
| Murder'd my babe my new born innocent | H |
| I seek not mercy no long sought in vain | I |
| While conscience prey'd upon my secret heart | J |
| Wasting its life in agonizing groans | K |
| And floods of scalding tears but now no more | L |
| Those pangs are past this heart is wither'd dead | M |
| Changed all to crime all rottenness and stench | N |
| 'Twould taint creation were it not confined | O |
| Parch'd are these eyes their sorrows turn'd to ice | P |
| A mountain of impenetrable ice | P |
| In whose unfathom'd centre lies my soul | Q |
| Imprison'd numb'd buried in conscious death | R |
| O could I cease to think cease quite to be | D |
| O could I live in torments writhe in hell | S |
| Raptures to this Rouse rouse to life my soul | Q |
| In madness of despair O burst thy tomb | T |
| Call God and devils to behold thy guilt | U |
| And blast thee It lightens | V |
| See what sudden blaze they come | W |
| Welcome O welcome follow me look there | B |
| There lies my murder'd babe now strike avenge | X |
| It thunders | Y |
| Overwhelming stroke | Z |
| She falls upon the ground insensible | A2 |
| at length coming to herself | B2 |
| Ah am I conscious still | C2 |
| Not blasted then does this one little spark | D2 |
| Amidst a universe of solid gloom | T |
| Still live I'll try to quench it with my blood | E2 |
| Come dagger pierce pierce deep I feel thy point | F2 |
| My blood flows fast it animates my heart | J |
| The gathering cloud of death grows thick and dark | D2 |
| It hangs oppressive on my swimming sight | G2 |
| See see the Spirit of my murder'd child | H2 |
| Comes with a troop of demons to conduct | I2 |
| My soul to hell they seize me for their prey | J2 |
| They drag me down Oh horror horror oh | K2 |
| She dies | L2 |
Thomas Oldham
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