Gigantic Daughter Of The West, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEEFE GHGHIJIJEEF| Gigantic daughter of the West | A |
| We drink to thee across the flood | B |
| We know thee most we love thee best | A |
| For art thou not of British blood | B |
| Should war's mad blast again be blown | C |
| Permit not thou the tyrant powers | D |
| To fight thy mother here alone | C |
| But let thy broadsides roar with ours | D |
| Hands all round | E |
| God the tyrant's cause confound | E |
| To our great kinsmen of the West my friends | F |
| And the great name of England round and round | E |
| - | |
| 'O rise our strong Atlantic sons | G |
| When war against our freedom springs | H |
| O speak to Europe through your guns | G |
| They can be understood by kings | H |
| You must not mix our Queen with those | I |
| That wish to keep their people fools | J |
| Our freedom's foemen are her foes | I |
| She comprehends the race she rules | J |
| Hands all round | E |
| God the tyrant's cause confound | E |
| To our dear kinsmen of the West my friends | F |
| And the great cause of Freedom round and round ' | - |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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