Words Are Not Guns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO QNRN STAT AUVU BWXW YZA2Z B2C2B2C2| Put by the sword a dreamer saith | A |
| The years of peace draw nigh | B |
| Already the millennial dawn | C |
| Makes red the eastern sky | B |
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| Be not deceived It comes not yet | D |
| The ancient passions keep | E |
| Alive beneath their changing masks | F |
| They are not dead They sleep | E |
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| Surely peace comes As sure as Man | G |
| Rose from primeval slime | H |
| That was not yesterday There's still | I |
| A weary height to climb | H |
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| And we can dwell too long with dreams | J |
| And play too much with words | K |
| Forgetting our inheritance | L |
| Was bought and held with swords | M |
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| But Truth you say makes tyrants quail | N |
| Beats down embattled Wrong | O |
| If truth be armed Be not deceived | P |
| The strife is to the strong | O |
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| Words are not guns Words are not ships | Q |
| And ships and guns prevail | N |
| Our liberties that blood has gained | R |
| Are guarded or they fail | N |
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| Truth does not triumph without blows | S |
| Error not tamely yields | T |
| But falsehood closes with quick faith | A |
| Fierce on a thousand fields | T |
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| And surely somewhat of that faith | A |
| Our fathers fought for clings | U |
| Which called this freedom's hemisphere | V |
| Despite Earth's leagued kings | U |
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| Great creeds grow thews or else they die | B |
| Thought clothed in deed is lord | W |
| What are thy gods Thy gods brought love | X |
| They also brought a sword | W |
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| Unchallenged shall we always stand | Y |
| Secure apart aloof | Z |
| Be not deceived That hour shall come | A2 |
| Which puts us to the proof | Z |
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| Then that we hold the trust we have | B2 |
| Safeguarded for our sons | C2 |
| Let us cease dreaming Let us have | B2 |
| More ships more troops more guns | C2 |
Don Marquis
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