Death Chant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDD EEFF GHII JJKK| Viewless essence thin and bare | A |
| Well nigh melted into air | A |
| Still with fondness hovering near | B |
| The earthly form thou once didst wear | A |
| - | |
| Pause upon thy pinion's flight | C |
| Be thy course to left or right | C |
| Be thou doomed to soar or sink | D |
| Pause upon the awful brink | D |
| - | |
| To avenge the deed expelling | E |
| Thee untimely from thy dwelling | E |
| Mystic force thou shalt retain | F |
| O'er the blood and o'er the brain | F |
| - | |
| When the form thou shalt espy | G |
| That darken'd on thy closing eye | H |
| When the footstep thou shalt hear | I |
| That thrill'd upon thy dying ear | I |
| - | |
| Then strange sympathies shall wake | J |
| The flesh shall thrill the nerves shall quake | J |
| The wounds renew their clotter'd flood | K |
| And every drop cry blood for blood | K |
Walter Scott (sir)
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About Death Chant
Death Chant is a poem by Walter Scott (sir). This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.