Farewell To Brother Jonathan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHII JJKL MMNO PPQQ GRSS FFTU VVWW JXYY OOZA2| Farewell we must part we have turned from the land | A |
| Of our cold hearted brother with tyrannous hand | A |
| Who assumed all our rights as a favor to grant | B |
| And whose smile ever covered the sting of a taunt | C |
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| Who breathed on the fame he was bound to defend | D |
| Still the craftiest foe 'neath the guise of a friend | D |
| Who believed that our bosoms would bleed at a touch | E |
| Yet could never believe he could goad them too much | E |
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| Whose conscience affects to be seared with our sin | F |
| Yet is plastic to take all its benefits in | F |
| The mote in our eye so enormous has grown | G |
| That he never perceives there's a beam in his own | G |
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| O Jonathan Jonathan vassal of pelf | H |
| Self righteous self glorious yes every inch self | H |
| Your loyalty now is all bluster and boast | I |
| But was dumb when the foemen invaded our coast | I |
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| In vain did your country appeal to you then | J |
| You coldly refused her your money and men | J |
| Your trade interrupted you slunk from her wars | K |
| And preferred British gold to the Stripes and the Stars | L |
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| Then our generous blood was as water poured forth | M |
| And the sons of the South were the shields of the North | M |
| Nor our patriot ardor one moment gave o'er | N |
| Till the foe you had fed we had driven from the shore | O |
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| Long years we have suffered opprobrium and wrong | P |
| But we clung to your side with affection so strong | P |
| That at last in mere wanton aggression you broke | Q |
| All the ties of our hearts with one murderous stroke | Q |
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| We are tired of contest for what is our own | G |
| We are sick of a strife that could never be done | R |
| Thus our love has died out and its altars are dark | S |
| Not Prometheus's self could rekindle the spark | S |
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| O Jonathan Jonathan deadly the sin | F |
| Of your tigerish thirst for the blood of your kin | F |
| And shameful the spirit that gloats over wives | T |
| And maidens despoiled of their honor and lives | U |
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| Your palaces rise from the fruits of our toil | V |
| Your millions are fed from the wealth of our soil | V |
| The balm of our air brings the health to your cheek | W |
| And our hearts are aglow with the welcome we speak | W |
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| O brother beware how you seek us again | J |
| Lest you brand on your forehead the signet of Cain | X |
| That blood and that crime on your conscience must sit | Y |
| We may fall we may perish but never submit | Y |
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| The pathway that leads to the Pharisee's door | O |
| We remember indeed but we tread it no more | O |
| Preferring to turn with the Publican's faith | Z |
| To the path through the valley and shadow of death | A2 |
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