On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFEGHIJJI| Time was when I was free as air | A |
| The thistle's downy seed my fare | A |
| My drink the morning dew | B |
| I perch'd at will on every spray | C |
| My form genteel my plumage gay | C |
| My strains for ever new | B |
| But gaudy plumage sprightly strain | D |
| And form genteel were all in vain | D |
| And of a transient date | E |
| For caught and caged and starved to death | F |
| In dying sighs my little breath | F |
| Soon pass d the wiry grate | E |
| Thanks gentle swain for all my woes | G |
| And thanks for this effectual close | H |
| And cure of every ill | I |
| More cruelty could none express | J |
| And I if you had shown me less | J |
| Had been your prisoner still | I |
William Cowper
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