To The Bartholdi Statue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK CLAL MNMN| O Liberty God gifted | A |
| Young and immortal maid | B |
| In your high hand uplifted | C |
| The torch declares your trade | B |
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| Its crimson menace flaming | D |
| Upon the sea and shore | E |
| Is trumpet like proclaiming | D |
| That Law shall be no more | E |
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| Austere incendiary | F |
| We're blinking in the light | G |
| Where is your customary | F |
| Grenade of dynamite | G |
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| Where are your staves and switches | H |
| For men of gentle birth | I |
| Your mask and dirk for riches | H |
| Your chains for wit and worth | I |
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| Perhaps you've brought the halters | J |
| You used in the old days | K |
| When round religion's altars | J |
| You stabled Cromwell's bays | K |
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| Behind you unsuspected | C |
| Have you the axe fair wench | L |
| Wherewith you once collected | A |
| A poll tax from the French | L |
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| America salutes you | M |
| Preparing to disgorge | N |
| Take everything that suits you | M |
| And marry Henry George | N |
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Ambrose Bierce
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