Liberty Rejected Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBA CCDEC FFBB GGHHAbout this heart thou hast | A |
Thy chains made fast | A |
And think'st thou I would be | B |
Therefrom set free | B |
And forth unbound be cast | A |
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The ocean would as soon | C |
Entreat the moon | C |
Unsay the magic verse | D |
That seals him hers | E |
From silver noon to noon | C |
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She stooped her pearly head | F |
Seaward and said | F |
'Would'st thou I gave to thee | B |
Thy liberty | B |
In Time's youth forfeited ' | - |
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And from his inmost hold | G |
The answer rolled | G |
'Thy bondman to remain | H |
Is sweeter pain | H |
Dearer an hundredfold ' | - |
William Watson
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