The Song Of The Ungirt Runners Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH ABABJKJK| We swing ungirded hips | A |
| And lightened are our eyes | B |
| The rain is on our lips | A |
| We do not run for prize | B |
| We know not whom we trust | C |
| Nor whitherward we fare | D |
| But we run because we must | C |
| Through the great wide air | D |
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| The waters of the seas | E |
| Are troubled as by storm | F |
| The tempest strips the trees | E |
| And does not leave them warm | F |
| Does the tearing tempest pause | G |
| Do the tree tops ask it why | H |
| So we run without a cause | I |
| 'Neath the big bare sky | H |
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| The rain is on our lips | A |
| We do not run for prize | B |
| But the storm the water whips | A |
| And the wave howls to the skies | B |
| The winds arise and strike it | J |
| And scatter it like sand | K |
| And we run because we like it | J |
| Through the broad bright land | K |
Charles Hamilton Sorley
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