A Voice From The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB DEDEF GHGHH IJIJJ KLKL DEDE| What is the voice I hear | A |
| On the wind of the Western Sea | B |
| Sentinel listen from out Cape Clear | C |
| And say what the voice may be | B |
| 'Tis a proud free people calling loud to a people proud and free | B |
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| And it says to them Kinsmen hail | D |
| We severed have been too long | E |
| Now let us have done with a worn out tale | D |
| The tale of an ancient Wrong | E |
| And our friendship last long as Love doth last | F |
| and be stronger than Death is strong ''' | - |
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| Answer them Sons of the self same race | G |
| And blood of the self same clan | H |
| Let us speak with each other face to face | G |
| And answer man to man | H |
| And loyally love and trust each other as none but free men can | H |
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| So fling them out to the breeze | I |
| Shamrock Thistle and Rose | J |
| And the Star Spangled Banner unfurl with these | I |
| A message to friends and foes | J |
| Wherever the sails of peace are seen and wherever the war wind blows | J |
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| A message to bond and thrall to wake | K |
| For wherever we come we twain | L |
| The throne of the tyrant shall rock and quake | K |
| And his menace be void and vain | L |
| For you are lords of a strong young land and we are lords of the main '' | - |
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| Yes this is the voice on the bluff March gale | D |
| We severed have been too long | E |
| But now we have done with a worn out tale | D |
| The tale of an ancient Wrong | E |
| And our friendship shall last long as Love doth last and be stronger than Death is strong '' | - |
Alfred Austin
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