wander - travel, walk, explore, escape youthful - young, child, novice, innocent plagues - disease, sickness, spread, contagious Marks of weakness, marks of woe. - visual The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. - auditory Runs in blood down Palace walls. - visual Rhyme Scheme - ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH Tone - The speaker is very cynical toward marriage, soldiers, and the church. He only sees the negative aspects of those subjects. Theme - The theme of this poem is that people hold onto traditional values that don't seem to make a lot of sense in the modern world.