Epode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH HIHI| In earliest Grece to Thee with partial Choice | A |
| The Grief full Muse addrest her infant Tongue | B |
| The Maids and Matrons on her awful Voice | A |
| Silent and pale in wild Amazement hung | B |
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| Yet he the Bard who first invok'd thy Name | C |
| Disdain'd in Marathon its Pow'r to feel | D |
| For not alone he nurs'd the Poet's flame | C |
| But reach'd from Virtue's Hand the Patriot's Steel | D |
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| But who is He whom later Garlands grace | E |
| Who left a while o'er Hybla's Dews to rove | F |
| With trembling Eyes thy dreary Steps to trace | E |
| Where Thou and Furies shar'd the baleful Grove | F |
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| Wrapt in thy cloudy Veil th' Incestuous Queen | G |
| Sigh'd the sad Call her Son and Husband hear'd | H |
| When once alone it broke the silent Scene | G |
| And He the Wretch of Thebes no more appear'd | H |
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| O Fear I know Thee by my throbbing Heart | H |
| Thy with'ring Pow'r inspir'd each mournful Line | I |
| Tho' gentle Pity claim her mingled Part | H |
| Yet all the Thunders of the Scene are thine | I |
William Collins
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