Rebellion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJI KLMLNFCFOPJP QRCRLSTSSFU| 'My Crown Prince was fine and fair ' a sorrowful | A |
| father said | B |
| 'But he marched away with his regiment and | C |
| they tell me that he's dead | B |
| 'We all must go ' he whispered low 'We must | D |
| fight for the Fatherland ' | E |
| Now the heart of me's torn with the grief I | F |
| know and I cannot understand | G |
| For none of the Kaiser's princes lie out there | H |
| where my soldier sleeps | I |
| Here's a land where grief is the common lot but | J |
| never the Kaiser weeps | I |
| - | |
| 'My Crown Prince was a kindly prince and his | K |
| eyes were gentle too | L |
| And glad were the days of his youth to me when | M |
| his wonderful smile I knew | L |
| Then the Kaiser flattered and spoke him well | N |
| and he sent him out to die | F |
| But his Crown Prince hasn't felt one hurt and | C |
| the heart of me questions why | F |
| He talks of war in his regal way and he boasts | O |
| of his strength to strike | P |
| But his boys all live and he doesn't know what | J |
| the sting of a bullet's like | P |
| - | |
| 'Rebellion gnaws at the soul of me as I think | Q |
| of his Crown Prince gay | R |
| And my Prince cold in the arms of death and | C |
| harsh are the things I say | R |
| I join with the grief torn muttering men who | L |
| challenge the Kaiser's right | S |
| To build his joys on the graves of ours We | T |
| shall rise in our wrath to smite | S |
| And this is the thing we shall ask of him to | S |
| give us the reason why | F |
| Our boys must fall on his battlefields but never | U |
| his boys must die ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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