Rebels Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB ADCCD AEAAE AFGGF ADHHD AIJJI AKLLK MANOA| Rebels 't is a holy name | A |
| The name our fathers bore | B |
| When battling in the cause of Right | C |
| Against the tyrant in his might | C |
| In the dark days of yore | B |
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| Rebels 't is our family name | A |
| Our father Washington | D |
| Was the arch rebel in the fight | C |
| And gave the name to use a right | C |
| Of father unto son | D |
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| Rebels 't is our given name | A |
| Our mother Liberty | E |
| Received the title with her fame | A |
| In days of grief of fear and shame | A |
| When at her breast were we | E |
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| Rebels 't is our sealed name | A |
| A baptism of blood | F |
| The war aye and the din of strife | G |
| The fearful contest life for life | G |
| The mingled crimson flood | F |
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| Rebels 't is a patriot's name | A |
| In struggles it was given | D |
| We bore it then when tyrants raved | H |
| And through their curses 't was engraved | H |
| On the doomsday book of heaven | D |
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| Rebels 't is our fighting name | A |
| For peace rules o'er the land | I |
| Until they speak of craven woe | J |
| Until our rights receive a blow | J |
| From foe's or brother's hand | I |
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| Rebels 't is our dying name | A |
| For although life is dear | K |
| Yet freemen born and freemen bred | L |
| We'd rather live as freemen dead | L |
| Than live in slavish fear | K |
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| Then call us rebels if you will | M |
| We glory in the name | A |
| For bending under unjust laws | N |
| And swearing faith to an unjust cause | O |
| We count a greater shame | A |
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