Why Sit'st Thou By That Ruin'd Hall? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB FGFG| Why sit'st thou by that ruin'd hall | A |
| Thou aged carle so stern and grey | B |
| Dost thou its former pride recall | A |
| Or ponder how it pass'd away | B |
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| Know'st thou not me the Deep Voice cried | C |
| So long enjoy'd so oft misused | D |
| Alternate in thy fickle pride | C |
| Desired neglected and accused | D |
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| Before my breath like blazing flax | E |
| Man and his marvels pass away | B |
| And changing empires wane and wax | E |
| Are founded flourish and decay | B |
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| Redeem mine hours the space is brief | F |
| While in my glass the sand grains shiver | G |
| And measureless thy joy or grief | F |
| When Time and thou shalt part for ever | G |
Walter Scott (sir)
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