Riflemen Form! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDD EFEFDDD GHGHDDD IJIJDDDThere is a sound of thunder afar | A |
Storm in the South that darkens the day | B |
Storm of battle and thunder of war | C |
Well if it do not roll our way | B |
Storm Storm Riflemen form | D |
Ready be ready against the storm | D |
Riflemen Riflemen Riflemen form | D |
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Be not deaf to the sound that warns | E |
Be not gull'd by a despot's plea | F |
Are figs of thistles or grapes of thorns | E |
How can a despot feel with the Free | F |
Form Form Riflemen Form | D |
Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
Riflemen Riflemen Riflemen form | D |
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Let your reforms for a moment go | G |
Look to your butts and take good aims | H |
Better a rotten borough or so | G |
Than a rotten fleet and a city in flames | H |
Storm Storm Riflemen form | D |
Ready be ready against the storm | D |
Riflemen Riflemen Riflemen form | D |
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Form be ready to do or die | I |
Form in Freedom's name and the Queen's | J |
True we have got such a faithful ally | I |
That only the Devil can tell what he means | J |
Form Form Riflemen Form | D |
Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
Riflemen Riflemen Riflemen form | D |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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