The Rebel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB CEFEFE GHIH EF JKFFBF| No doubt the ordered worlds speed on | A |
| With purpose in their wings | B |
| No doubt the ordered songs are sweet | C |
| Each worthy angel sings | B |
| And doubtless it is wise to heed | D |
| The ordered words of Kings | B |
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| But how the heart leaps up to greet | C |
| The headlong rebel flight | E |
| Whenas some reckless meteor | F |
| Blazes across the night | E |
| Some comet Byron Lucifer | F |
| Has dared to Be and fight | E |
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| No doubt but it is safe to dwell | G |
| Where ordered duties are | H |
| No doubt the cherubs earn their wage | I |
| Who wind each ticking star | H |
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| No doubt the system is quite right | E |
| Sane ordered regular | F |
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| But how the rebel fires the soul | J |
| Who dares the strong gods' ire | K |
| Each Byron Shelley Lucifer | F |
| And all the outcast choir | F |
| That chant when some Prometheus | B |
| Leaps up to steal Jove's fire | F |
Don Marquis
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