Song Of The Greek Amazon. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EBEBFGFG BHBHIJKJ LMLMNONO| I buckle to my slender side | A |
| The pistol and the scimitar | B |
| And in my maiden flower and pride | A |
| Am come to share the tasks of war | B |
| And yonder stands my fiery steed | C |
| That paws the ground and neighs to go | D |
| My charger of the Arab breed | C |
| I took him from the routed foe | D |
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| My mirror is the mountain spring | E |
| At which I dress my ruffled hair | B |
| My dimmed and dusty arms I bring | E |
| And wash away the blood stain there | B |
| Why should I guard from wind and sun | F |
| This cheek whose virgin rose is fled | G |
| It was for one oh only one | F |
| I kept its bloom and he is dead | G |
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| But they who slew him unaware | B |
| Of coward murderers lurking nigh | H |
| And left him to the fowls of air | B |
| Are yet alive and they must die | H |
| They slew him and my virgin years | I |
| Are vowed to Greece and vengeance now | J |
| And many an Othman dame in tears | K |
| Shall rue the Grecian maiden's vow | J |
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| I touched the lute in better days | L |
| I led in dance the joyous band | M |
| Ah they may move to mirthful lays | L |
| Whose hands can touch a lover's hand | M |
| The march of hosts that haste to meet | N |
| Seems gayer than the dance to me | O |
| The lute's sweet tones are not so sweet | N |
| As the fierce shout of victory | O |
William Cullen Bryant
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