The Copperheads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DDDC EEEC FGGC HHHC IIIC JJJC KKKC| Who are the men that clamor most | A |
| Against the war its cause and cost | B |
| And who Jeff Davis sometimes toast | A |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| Who when by wretched whiskey tight | D |
| Hiss out in rage their venomed spite | D |
| Who crawl and sting but never fight | D |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| Who hold peace meetings where they pass | E |
| Lengthy resolves of wind and gas | E |
| Much like the bray of Balaam's ass | E |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| Who when false faction is forgot | F |
| When patriots keep a common thought | G |
| Have discord and dissension taught | G |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| Who swear by bondage and would see | H |
| Rather their country lost than free | H |
| Who dread the name of Liberty | H |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| Who hate a freedom loving press | I |
| The truth and all who it profess | I |
| Who don't believe in our success | I |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| And who when Right has won the day | J |
| Will take their slimy selves away | J |
| And in their dirty holes will stay | J |
| The Copperheads | C |
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| And who will be the hiss and scorn | K |
| Of generations yet unborn | K |
| Hated despised disgraced forlorn | K |
| The Copperheads | C |
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