Prophecy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD CC EF| For I dipt into the future far as human eye could see | A |
| Saw the Vision of the world and all the wonder that would be | A |
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| Saw the heaven fill with commerce argosies of magic sails | B |
| Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales | B |
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| Heard the heavens fill with shouting and the rained a ghastly dew | C |
| From the nation's airy navies grappling in the central blue | C |
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| Far along the world wide whisper of the south wind rushing warm | D |
| With the standards of the people plunging thro' the thunderstorm | D |
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| Till the war drum throbb'd no longer and the battle flags were furl'd | C |
| In the Parliament of men the Federation of the world | C |
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| There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe | E |
| And the kindly earth shall slumber lapt in universal law | F |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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