Of Old Sat Freedom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJL MNMN| Of old sat Freedom on the heights | A |
| The thunders breaking at her feet | B |
| Above her shook the starry lights | A |
| She heard the torrents meet | B |
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| There in her place she did rejoice | C |
| Self gather'd in her prophet mind | D |
| But fragments of her mighty voice | C |
| Came rolling on the wind | D |
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| Then stept she down thro' town and field | E |
| To mingle with the human race | F |
| And part by part to men reveal'd | E |
| The fullness of her face | F |
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| Grave mother of majestic works | G |
| From her isle alter gazing down | H |
| Who God like grasps the triple forks | I |
| And King like wears the crown | H |
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| Her open eyes desire the truth | J |
| The wisdom of a thousand years | K |
| Is in them May perpetual youth | J |
| Keep dry their light from tears | L |
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| That her fair form may stand and shine | M |
| Make bright our days and light our dreams | N |
| Turning to scorn with lips divine | M |
| The falsehood of extremes | N |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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