Babylon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABCCCB CBCBCBCCCB DBCBDBEEEB DBCBDBFFFB CBDBCBCCCB CBCBCBGGGB| Thou art mighty | A |
| Babylon | B |
| Thou art haughty | A |
| Babylon | B |
| Haughty mighty | A |
| Babylon | B |
| Through thy streets the bats shall fly | C |
| O'er thy ruins owls shall cry | C |
| All thy chivalry shall die | C |
| Babylon | B |
| - | |
| Golden godded | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Idol curs d | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Idol curs d golden godded | C |
| Babylon | B |
| All thy gods shall bite the dust | C |
| All thy golden godlets must | C |
| Sink to rottenness and rust | C |
| Babylon | B |
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| Thou art royal | D |
| Babylon | B |
| Thou art ancient | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Ancient royal | D |
| Babylon | B |
| Royal laws and ancient lies | E |
| Vanish when the people rise | E |
| Truth must live but Falsehood dies | E |
| Babylon | B |
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| Thou art sensual | D |
| Babylon | B |
| Thou art sotted | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Sotted sensual | D |
| Babylon | B |
| History this tale will tell | F |
| To the righteous all is well | F |
| Daniel rose Belshazzar fell | F |
| Babylon | B |
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| Thou art bloody | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Thou art cruel | D |
| Babylon | B |
| Cruel bloody | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Cain's curse on your brow is set | C |
| Bloodstains God will not forget | C |
| And His curse pursues you yet | C |
| Babylon | B |
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| Thou art crumbled | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Thou art humbled | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Humbled crumbled | C |
| Babylon | B |
| Vengeance leaves no gated wall | G |
| Vengeance leaves no gilded hall | G |
| Vengeance blasts and buries all | G |
| Babylon | B |
A. H. Laidlaw
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