The Troubadour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHGCDCE IJIJCDCE KLKLCDCE| Glowing with love on fire for fame | A |
| A Troubadour that hated sorrow | B |
| Beneath his lady's window came | A |
| And thus he sung his last good morrow | B |
| My arm it is my country's right | C |
| My heart is in my true love's bower | D |
| Gaily for love and fame to fight | C |
| Befits the gallant Troubadour | E |
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| And while he marched with helm on head | F |
| And harp in hand the descant rung | G |
| As faithful to his favourite maid | H |
| The minstrel burden still he sung | G |
| My arm it is my country's right | C |
| My heart is in my lady's bower | D |
| Resolved for love and fame to fight | C |
| I come a gallant Troubadour | E |
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| Even when the battle roar was deep | I |
| With dauntless heart he hewed his way | J |
| 'Mid splintering lance and falchion sweep | I |
| And still was heard his warrior lay | J |
| My life it is my country's right | C |
| My heart is in my lady's bower | D |
| For love to die for fame to fight | C |
| Becomes the valiant Troubadour | E |
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| Alas upon the bloody field | K |
| He fell beneath the foeman's glaive | L |
| But still reclining on his shield | K |
| Expiring sung the exulting stave | L |
| My life it is my country's right | C |
| My heart is in my lady's bower | D |
| For love and fame to fall in fight | C |
| Becomes the valiant Troubadour | E |
Walter Scott (sir)
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