The Refusal Of Charon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHGBGB JKLKMNLN JKLKOBPB| Why look the distant mountains | A |
| So gloomy and so drear | B |
| Are rain clouds passing o er them | C |
| Or is the tempest near | B |
| No shadow of the tempest | D |
| Is there nor wind nor rain | E |
| Tis Charon that is passing by | F |
| With all his gloomy train | E |
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| The young men march before him | G |
| In all their strength and pride | H |
| The tender little infants | I |
| They totter by his side | H |
| The old men walk behind him | G |
| And earnestly they pray | B |
| Both old and young imploring him | G |
| To grant some brief delay | B |
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| O Charon halt we pray thee | J |
| Beside some little town | K |
| Or near some sparkling fountain | L |
| Where the waters wimple down | K |
| The old will drink and be refreshed | M |
| The young the disc will fling | N |
| And the tender little children | L |
| Pluck flowers beside the spring | N |
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| I will not stay my journey | J |
| Nor halt by any town | K |
| Near any sparkling fountain | L |
| Where the waters wimple down | K |
| The mothers coming to the well | O |
| Would know the babes they bore | B |
| The wives would clasp their husbands | P |
| Nor could I part them more | B |
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
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