Hyperbion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFGHIJHKELMNOPQ RSFTUVWXYZYEZA2B2C2D 2HZE2F2G2A2H| Hyperbion was among the chosen few | A |
| Of Phoebus and men honored him awhile | B |
| Honoring in him the God But others sang | C |
| As loudly and the boys as loudly cheer'd | D |
| Hyperbion more than bard should be was wroth | E |
| And thus he spake to Phoebus 'Hearest thou | E |
| O Phoebus the rude rabble from the field | F |
| Who swear that they have known thee ever since | G |
| Thou feddest for Admetos his white bull ' | H |
| 'I hear them ' said the God 'Seize thou the first | I |
| And haul him up above the heads of men | J |
| And thou shalt hear them shout for thee as pleas'd ' | H |
| Headstrong and proud Hyperbion was the crown | K |
| Of laurel on it badly cool'd his brow | E |
| So when he heard them singing at his gate | L |
| While some with flints cut there the rival's name | M |
| Rushing he seiz'd the songster at their head | N |
| The songster kickt and struggled hard in vain | O |
| Hyperbion claspt him round with arm robust | P |
| And with the left a hempen rope uncoil'd | Q |
| Whereon already was a noose it held | R |
| The calf until the mother's teat was drawn | S |
| At morn and eve and both were now afield | F |
| With all his strength he pull'd the wretch along | T |
| And haul'd him up a pine tree where he died | U |
| But one night not long after in his sleep | V |
| He saw the songster then did he beseech | W |
| Apollo to enlighten him if perchance | X |
| In what he did he had done aught amiss | Y |
| 'Thou hast done well Hyperbion ' said the God | Z |
| 'As I did also to one Marsyas | Y |
| Some years ere thou wert born but better 'twere | E |
| If thou hadst understood my words aright | Z |
| For those around may harm thee and assign | A2 |
| As reason that thou wentest past the law | B2 |
| My meaning was that thou shouldst hold him up | C2 |
| In the high places of thy mind and show | D2 |
| Thyself the greater by enduring him ' | H |
| Downcast Hyperbion stood but Phoebus said | Z |
| 'Be of good cheer Hyperbion if the rope | E2 |
| Is not so frayed but it may hold thy calf | F2 |
| The greatest harm is that by hauling him | G2 |
| Thou hast chafed sorely sorely that old pine | A2 |
| And pine tree bark will never close again ' | H |
Walter Savage Landor
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