Shakspeare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGH IJIJKK LMLMNN BDDBLLOC PBQPLL RSTRUU DDVWVXYY BEQEZZ| O sovereign Master who with lonely state | A |
| Dost rule as in some isle's enchanted land | B |
| On whom soft airs and shadowy spirits wait | A |
| Whilst scenes of faerie bloom at thy command | B |
| On thy wild shores forgetful could I lie | C |
| And list till earth dissolved to thy sweet minstrelsy | D |
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| Called by thy magic from the hoary deep | E |
| A rial forms should in bright troops ascend | F |
| And then a wondrous masque before me sweep | E |
| Whilst sounds that the earth owned not seem to blend | F |
| Their stealing melodies that when the strain | G |
| Ceased I should weep and would so dream again | H |
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| The song hath ceased Ah who pale shade art thou | I |
| Sad raving to the rude tempestuous night | J |
| Sure thou hast had much wrong so stern thy brow | I |
| So piteous thou dost tear thy tresses white | J |
| So wildly thou dost cry Blow bitter wind | K |
| Ye elements I call not you unkind | K |
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| Beneath the shade of nodding branches gray | L |
| 'Mid rude romantic woods and glens forlorn | M |
| The merry hunters wear the hours away | L |
| Rings the deep forest to the joyous horn | M |
| Joyous to all but him who with sad look | N |
| Hangs idly musing by the brawling brook | N |
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| But mark the merry elves of fairy land | B |
| To the high moon's gleamy glance | D |
| They with shadowy morrice dance | D |
| Soft music dies along the desert sand | B |
| Soon at peep of cold eyed day | L |
| Soon the numerous lights decay | L |
| Merrily now merrily | O |
| After the dewy moon they fly | C |
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| The charm is wrought I see an aged form | P |
| In white robes on the winding sea shore stand | B |
| O'er the careering surge he waves his wand | Q |
| Hark on the bleak rock bursts the swelling storm | P |
| Now from bright opening clouds I hear a lay | L |
| Come to these yellow sands fair stranger come away | L |
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| Saw ye pass by the weird sisters pale | R |
| Marked ye the lowering castle on the heath | S |
| Hark hark is the deed done the deed of death | T |
| The deed is done Hail king of Scotland hail | R |
| I see no more to many a fearful sound | U |
| The bloody cauldron sinks and all is dark around | U |
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| Pity touch the trembling strings | D |
| A maid a beauteous maniac wildly sings | D |
| They laid him in the ground so cold | V |
| Upon his breast the earth is thrown | W |
| High is heaped the grassy mould | V |
| Oh he is dead and gone | X |
| The winds of the winter blow o'er his cold breast | Y |
| But pleasant shall be his rest | Y |
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| O sovereign Master at whose sole command | B |
| We start with terror or with pity weep | E |
| Oh where is now thy all creating wand | Q |
| Buried ten thousand thousand fathoms deep | E |
| The staff is broke the powerful spell is fled | Z |
| And never earthly guest shall in thy circle tread | Z |
William Lisle Bowles
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