Ballade Of Dead Actors - I. M. Edward John Henley (1861-1898) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBDBC ABABBCBC E BCBC| Where are the passions they essayed | A |
| And where the tears they made to flow | B |
| Where the wild humours they portrayed | A |
| For laughing worlds to see and know | B |
| Othello's wrath and Juliet's woe | B |
| Sir Peter's whims and Timon's gall | C |
| And Millamant and Romeo | B |
| Into the night go one and all | C |
| - | |
| Where are the braveries fresh or frayed | A |
| The plumes the armours friend and foe | B |
| The cloth of gold the rare brocade | A |
| The mantles glittering to and fro | B |
| The pomp the pride the royal show | B |
| The cries of war and festival | D |
| The youth the grace the charm the glow | B |
| Into the night go one and all | C |
| - | |
| The curtain falls the play is played | A |
| The Beggar packs beside the Beau | B |
| The Monarch troops and troops the Maid | A |
| The Thunder huddles with the Snow | B |
| Where are the revellers high and low | B |
| The clashing swords The lover's call | C |
| The dancers gleaming row on row | B |
| Into the night go one and all | C |
| - | |
| Envoy | E |
| - | |
| Prince in one common overthrow | B |
| The Hero tumbles with the Thrall | C |
| As dust that drives as straws that blow | B |
| Into the night go one and all | C |
William Ernest Henley
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