An Appeal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABCA DEFDEFD GHIJHIG KLMKLMK MMNMMNM OPQORQO MSMMSMM MTUMTUM VKWVKWV XMMXMMX YZGA2ZGY XAOXB2OX| Art thou indeed among these | A |
| Thou of the tyrannous crew | B |
| The kingdoms fed upon blood | C |
| O queen from of old of the seas | A |
| England art thou of them too | B |
| That drink of the poisonous flood | C |
| That hide under poisonous trees | A |
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| Nay thy name from of old | D |
| Mother was pure or we dreamed | E |
| Purer we held thee than this | F |
| Purer fain would we hold | D |
| So goodly a glory it seemed | E |
| A fame so bounteous of bliss | F |
| So more precious than gold | D |
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| A praise so sweet in our ears | G |
| That thou in the tempest of things | H |
| As a rock for a refuge shouldst stand | I |
| In the bloodred river of tears | J |
| Poured forth for the triumph of kings | H |
| A safeguard a sheltering land | I |
| In the thunder and torrent of years | G |
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| Strangers came gladly to thee | K |
| Exiles chosen of men | L |
| Safe for thy sake in thy shade | M |
| Sat down at thy feet and were free | K |
| So men spake of thee then | L |
| Now shall their speaking be stayed | M |
| Ah so let it not be | K |
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| Not for revenge or affright | M |
| Pride or a tyrannous lust | M |
| Cast from thee the crown of thy praise | N |
| Mercy was thine in thy might | M |
| Strong when thou wert thou wert just | M |
| Now in the wrong doing days | N |
| Cleave thou thou at least to the right | M |
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| How should one charge thee how sway | O |
| Save by the memories that were | P |
| Not thy gold nor the strength of thy ships | Q |
| Nor the might of thine armies at bay | O |
| Made thee mother most fair | R |
| But a word from republican lips | Q |
| Said in thy name in thy day | O |
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| Hast thou said it and hast thou forgot | M |
| Is thy praise in thine ears as a scoff | S |
| Blood of men guiltless was shed | M |
| Children and souls without spot | M |
| Shed but in places far off | S |
| Let slaughter no more be said | M |
| Milton and slaughter was not | M |
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| Was it not said of thee too | M |
| Now but now by thy foes | T |
| By the slaves that had slain their France | U |
| And thee would slay as they slew | M |
| Down with her walls that enclose | T |
| Freemen that eye us askance | U |
| Fugitives men that are true | M |
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| This was thy praise or thy blame | V |
| From bondsman or freeman to be | K |
| Pure from pollution of slaves | W |
| Clean of their sins and thy name | V |
| Bloodless innocent free | K |
| Now if thou be not thy waves | W |
| Wash not from off thee thy shame | V |
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| Freeman he is not but slave | X |
| Whoso in fear for the State | M |
| Cries for surety of blood | M |
| Help of gibbet and grave | X |
| Neither is any land great | M |
| Whom in her fear stricken mood | M |
| These things only can save | X |
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| Lo how fair from afar | Y |
| Taintless of tyranny stands | Z |
| Thy mighty daughter for years | G |
| Who trod the winepress of war | A2 |
| Shines with immaculate hands | Z |
| Slays not a foe neither fears | G |
| Stains not peace with a scar | Y |
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| Be not as tyrant or slave | X |
| England be not as these | A |
| Thou that wert other than they | O |
| Stretch out thine hand but to save | X |
| Put forth thy strength and release | B2 |
| Lest there arise if thou slay | O |
| Thy shame as a ghost from the grave | X |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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