David Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGH IIEEJJ KLLMMNNOO PPQQEERRSS TTUUV WWXXYZTTA2B2 C2C2EED2D2E2 F2F2G2G2YQSSH2H2E TTF2F2I2I2JJHGJ2J2K2 DDSSQQL2M2N2N2O2O2C2 C2P2I2E Q2R2I2I2S2S2T2T2U2V2 W2W2 X2M2M2UUY Y2Y2Z2Z2SSUUIt is not always to the strong | A |
Victorious battle shall belong | A |
This found Goliath huge and tall | B |
Mightiest giant of them all | B |
Who in the proud Philistian host | C |
Defi d Israel with boast | C |
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With loud voice Goliath said | D |
'Hear armed Israel gather d | E |
And in array against us set | F |
Ye shall alone by me be met | F |
For am not I a Philistine | G |
What strength may be compared to mine | H |
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'Choose ye a man of greatest might | I |
And if he conquer me in fight | I |
Then we will all servants be | E |
King of Israel unto thee | E |
But if I prove the victor then | J |
Shall Saul and all his arm d men | J |
Bend low beneath Philistian yoke ' | - |
Day by day these words he spoke | K |
Singly traversing the ground | L |
But not an Israelite was found | L |
To combat man to man with him | M |
Who such prodigious force of limb | M |
Displayed Like to a weaver's beam | N |
The ponderous spear he held did seem | N |
In height six cubits he did pass | O |
And he was armed all o'er in brass | O |
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Him we will leave awhile and speak | P |
Of one the soft down on whose cheek | P |
Of tender youth the tokens bare | Q |
Ruddy he was and very fair | Q |
David the son of Jesse he | E |
Small sized yet beautiful to see | E |
Three brothers had he in the band | R |
Of warriors under Saul's command | R |
Himself at home did private keep | S |
In Bethlem's plains his father's sheep | S |
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Jesse said to this his son | T |
'David to thy brothers run | T |
Where in the camp they now abide | U |
And learn what of them may betide | U |
These presents for their captains take | V |
And of their fare inquiries make ' | - |
With joy the youth his sire obeyed | W |
David was no whit dismayed | W |
When he arriv d at the place | X |
Where he beheld the strength and face | X |
Of dread Goliath and could hear | Y |
The challenge Of the people near | Z |
Unmoved he asked what should be done | T |
To him who slew that boasting one | T |
Whose words such mischiefs did forebode | A2 |
To the armies of the living God | B2 |
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'The king ' they unto David say | C2 |
'Most amply will that man repay | C2 |
He and his father's house shall be | E |
Evermore in Israel free | E |
With mighty wealth Saul will endow | D2 |
That man and he has made a vow | D2 |
Whoever takes Goliath's life | E2 |
Shall have Saul's daughter for his wife ' | - |
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His eldest brother who had heard | F2 |
His question was to anger stirred | F2 |
Against the youth for as he thought | G2 |
Things out of his young reach he sought | G2 |
Said he 'What moved thee to come here | Y |
To question warlike men say where | Q |
And in whose care are those few sheep | S |
That in the wilderness you keep | S |
I know thy thoughts how proud thou art | H2 |
In the haughtiness of thy heart | H2 |
Hoping a battle thou mayst see | E |
Thou comest hither down to me ' | - |
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Then answered Jesse's youngest son | T |
In these words 'What have I done | T |
Is there not cause ' Some there which heard | F2 |
And at the manner of his word | F2 |
Admired report this to the king | I2 |
By his command they David bring | I2 |
Into his presence Fearless then | J |
Before the king and his chief men | J |
He shows his confident design | H |
To combat with the Philistine | G |
Saul with wonder heard the youth | J2 |
And thus addressed him 'Of a truth | J2 |
No power thy untried sinew hath | K2 |
To cope with this great man of Gath ' | - |
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Lowly David bowed his head | D |
And with firm voice the stripling said | D |
'Thy servant kept his father's sheep | S |
Rushing from a mountain steep | S |
There came a lion and a bear | Q |
The firstlings of my flock to tear | Q |
Thy servant hath that lion killed | L2 |
And killed that bear when from the field | M2 |
Two young lambs by force they seized | N2 |
The Lord was mercifully pleased | N2 |
Me to deliver from the paw | O2 |
Of the fierce bear and cruel jaw | O2 |
Of the strong lion I shall slay | C2 |
The unrighteous Philistine this day | C2 |
If God deliver him also | P2 |
To me ' He ceased The king said 'Go | I2 |
Thy God the God of Israel be | E |
In the battle still with thee ' | - |
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David departs unarmed save | Q2 |
A staff in hand he chanced to have | R2 |
Nothing to the fight he took | I2 |
Save five smooth stones from out a brook | I2 |
These in his shepherd's scrip he placed | S2 |
That was fastened round his waist | S2 |
With staff and sling alone he meets | T2 |
The arm d giant who him greets | T2 |
With nought but scorn Looking askance | U2 |
On the fair ruddy countenance | V2 |
Of his young enemy 'Am I | W2 |
A dog that thou comest here to try | W2 |
Thy strength upon me with a staff ' | - |
Goliath said with scornful laugh | X2 |
'Thou comest with sword with spear with shield | M2 |
Yet thou to me this day must yield | M2 |
The Lord of Hosts is on my side | U |
Whose armies boastful thou'st defied | U |
All nations of the earth shall hear | Y |
He saveth not with shield and spear ' | - |
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Thus David spake and nigher went | Y2 |
Then choosing from his scrip he sent | Y2 |
Out of his slender sling a stone | Z2 |
The giant uttered fearful moan | Z2 |
The stone though small had pierc d deep | S |
Into his forehead endless sleep | S |
Giving Goliath and thus died | U |
Of Philistines the strength and pride | U |
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