Macaulay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH| THE DREAMY rhymer s measur d snore | A |
| Falls heavy on our ears no more | A |
| And by long strides are left behind | B |
| The dear delights of woman kind | B |
| Who win their battles like their loves | C |
| In satin waistcoats and kid gloves | C |
| And have achiev d the crowning work | D |
| When they have truss d and skewer d a Turk | D |
| Another comes with stouter tread | E |
| And stalks among the statelier dead | E |
| He rushes on and hails by turns | F |
| High crested Scott broad breasted Burns | F |
| And shows the British youth who ne er | G |
| Will lag behind what Romans were | G |
| When all the Tuscans and their Lars | H |
| Shouted and shook the towers of Mars | H |
Walter Savage Landor
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