Ballade Of Dead Republics Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACBD ABABBDBD ABABBDBD E BDBD| Tell me ye King craft of to day | A |
| Where is Athens who made men free | B |
| Then sank into stupor by the way | A |
| Subdued by the Spartan tyranny | B |
| And Rome that staggered to death perdie | A |
| Stabbed by the sword of Hannibal | C |
| And bled by patrician infamy | B |
| The Dragon of Greed destroyed them all | D |
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| Cleon and Pericles held sway | A |
| O'er the foes of Greek democracy | B |
| The Gracchi brothers struggled to stay | A |
| The stress of the Ceasars' stern decree | B |
| And look at Rienzi's passion he | B |
| Who strove the republic to recall | D |
| Slain at last for his perfidy | B |
| The Dragon of Greed destroyed them all | D |
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| What of Florence and Venice say | A |
| And the Netherlands that ruled the sea | B |
| And Cromwell's England more strong than they | A |
| Which banished the throne and the bended knee | B |
| Yes and Savonarola's plea | B |
| And William of Orange's rise and fall | D |
| Yea though they labored for you and me | B |
| The Dragon of Greed destroyed them all | D |
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| ENVOY | E |
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| Prince 'tis the year of your jubilee | B |
| The great republic is in your thrall | D |
| And who will restore her armory | B |
| The Dragon of Greed destroyed them all | D |
Edgar Lee Masters
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