The Swamp Angel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC HIHI BJBJ| Angels of good and ill are every where | A |
| They haunt the city and the cottage lone | B |
| Their seen or unseen presence fills the air | A |
| And feels the stir of every laugh and moan | B |
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| And frequent are good angels as the bane | C |
| Of evil men who name them evil things | D |
| And darkest ministers of death and pain | C |
| Oft bear the angel light upon their wings | D |
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| So are they changed The angel of the wind | E |
| That speeds the sailor swiftly o'er the flood | F |
| Is the sea demon of the crew behind | E |
| Whose hands are eager for the stain of blood | F |
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| And many a mother has the angel blessed | G |
| Of the dark swamp as with convulsive strain | C |
| She clasps her wondering infant to her breast | G |
| While baffled blood hounds lick their chops in vain | C |
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| Before the wicked city's traitor hold | H |
| Stands a swamp angel all unangel wise | I |
| Perhaps some bondsman's prayer has made it bold | H |
| Thus to put off its old and unseen guise | I |
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| And it sends back the hound's deep throated tone | B |
| Full with the message of resounding ill | J |
| And the pale hunters curse it with a groan | B |
| For the swamp angel is a demon still | J |
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