The Dying Bard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABB ACCDD AEEFF BGGAA BHIJJ AKKLL| I | A |
| Dinas Emlinn lament for the moment is nigh | A |
| When mute in the woodlands thine echoes shall die | A |
| No more by sweet Teivi Cadwallon shall rave | B |
| And mix his wild notes with the wild dashing wave | B |
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| II | A |
| In spring and in autumn thy glories of shade | C |
| Unhonour'd shall flourish unhonour'd shall fade | C |
| For soon shall be lifeless the eye and the tongue | D |
| That view'd them with rapture with rapture that sung | D |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Thy sons Dinas Emlinn may march in their pride | E |
| And chase the proud Saxon from Prestatyn's side | E |
| But where is the harp shall give life to their name | F |
| And where is the bard shall give heroes their fame | F |
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| IV | B |
| And oh Dinas Emlinn thy daughters so fair | G |
| Who heave the white bosom and wave the dark hair | G |
| What tuneful enthusiast shall worship their eye | A |
| When half of their charms with Cadwallon shall die | A |
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| V | B |
| Then adieu silver Teivi I quit thy loved scene | H |
| To join the dim choir of the bards who have been | I |
| With Lewarch and Meilor and Merlin the Old | J |
| And sage Taliessin high harping to hold | J |
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| VI | A |
| And Adieu Dinas Emlinn still green be thy shades | K |
| Unconquer'd thy warriors and matchless thy maids | K |
| And thou whose faint warblings my weakness can tell | L |
| Farewell my loved Harp my last treasure farewell | L |
Walter Scott (sir)
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