Northumbria'a Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ACAB DEDE FBGC EAEA GHGH| Dirge the sorrows by time made dim | A |
| Seas are sullen in rain and mist | B |
| Regret the woes that behind us swim | A |
| Sullen's the north and grey the east | C |
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| Black boats speck the horizon's rim | A |
| The north is heavy and grey the east | C |
| They plash to shore in unison grim | A |
| The breakers roar through rain and mist | B |
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| Ah the ravening Dane of old | D |
| Joys are born of time and sorrow | E |
| He was beautiful cruel and bold | D |
| Death yesterday is life to morrow | E |
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| The slain lie stark on bented mounds | F |
| Winds are calling in rain and mist | B |
| There's blood and smoke and wide red wounds | G |
| And black boats make to north and east | C |
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| Through murky weltering seas they row | E |
| Dirge the eyes their deeds made dim | A |
| Wives at their conning smile and glow | E |
| And hail them on the horizon's rim | A |
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| There's peace on low mounds and shallow dells | G |
| Yellow rag wort and sea reed grey | H |
| And thrumming and booming of village bells | G |
| Dirge the lives of that faded day | H |
Thomas Runciman
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