The Knightly Guerdon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFDD GGHHDD IIAADD| Untrue to my Ulric I never could be | A |
| I vow by the saints and the blessed Marie | A |
| Since the desolate hour when we stood by the shore | B |
| And your dark galley waited to carry you o'er | C |
| My faith then I plighted my love I confess'd | D |
| As I gave you the BATTLE AXE marked with your crest | D |
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| When the bold barons met in my father's old hall | E |
| Was not Edith the flower of the banquet and ball | E |
| In the festival hour on the lips of your bride | F |
| Was there ever a smile save with THEE at my side | F |
| Alone in my turret I loved to sit best | D |
| To blazon your BANNER and broider your crest | D |
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| The knights were assembled the tourney was gay | G |
| Sir Ulric rode first in the warrior melee | G |
| In the dire battle hour when the tourney was done | H |
| And you gave to another the wreath you had won | H |
| Though I never reproached thee cold cold was my breast | D |
| As I thought of that BATTLE AXE ah and that crest | D |
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| But away with remembrance no more will I pine | I |
| That others usurped for a time what was mine | I |
| There's a FESTIVAL HOUR for my Ulric and me | A |
| Once more as of old shall he bend at my knee | A |
| Once more by the side of the knight I love best | D |
| Shall I blazon his BANNER and broider his crest | D |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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