Nicholas Of Montenegro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIHJ KLMLHe speaks as straight as his rifles shot | A |
As straight as a thrusting blade | B |
Waiting the deed that shall trouble the truce | C |
His savage guns have made | B |
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You have dared the wrath of a dozen states | D |
Was the challenge that he heard | E |
We can die but once said the grim old King | F |
As he gripped his mountain sword | G |
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For I paid in blood for the town I took | H |
The blood of my brave men slain | I |
And if you covet the town I took | H |
You must buy it with blood again | J |
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Stern old King of the stark black hills | K |
Where the lean fierce eagles breed | L |
Your speech rings true as your good sword rings | M |
And you are a king indeed | L |
Don Marquis
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