Draw The Sword, O Republic! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCD EFGHIJ CKHLMNOPQR SRHRTSSTC UVUUHUUWJXYCJ ZA2B2ZCD| By the blue sky of a clear vision | A |
| And by the white light of a great illumination | A |
| And by the blood red of brotherhood | B |
| Draw the sword O Republic | C |
| Draw the sword | D |
| - | |
| For the light which is England | E |
| And the resurrection which is Russia | F |
| And the sorrow which is France | G |
| And for peoples everywhere | H |
| Crying in bondage | I |
| And in poverty | J |
| - | |
| You have been a leaven in the earth O Republic | C |
| And a watch fire on the hill top scattering sparks | K |
| And an eagle clanging his wings on a cloud wrapped promontory | H |
| Now the leaven must be stirred | L |
| And the brands themselves carried and touched | M |
| To the jungles and the black forests | N |
| Now the eaglets are grown they are calling | O |
| They are crying to each other from the peaks | P |
| They are flapping their passionate wings in the sunlight | Q |
| Eager for battle | R |
| - | |
| As a strong man nurses his youth | S |
| To the day of trial | R |
| But as a strong man nurses it no more | H |
| On the day of trial | R |
| But exults and cries For Victory O Strength | T |
| And for the glory of my City O treasured youth | S |
| You shall neither save your youth | S |
| Nor hoard your strength | T |
| Beyond this hour O Republic | C |
| - | |
| For you have sworn | U |
| By the passion of the Gaul | V |
| And the strength of the Teuton | U |
| And the will of the Saxon | U |
| And the hunger of the Poor | H |
| That the white man shall lie down by the black man | U |
| And by the yellow man | U |
| And all men shall be one spirit as they are one flesh | W |
| Through Wisdom Liberty and Democracy | J |
| And forasmuch as the earth cannot hold | X |
| Aught beside them | Y |
| You have dedicated the earth O Republic | C |
| To Wisdom Liberty and Democracy | J |
| - | |
| By the Power that drives the soul to Freedom | Z |
| And by the Power that makes us love our fellows | A2 |
| And by the Power that comforts us in death | B2 |
| Dying for great races to come | Z |
| Draw the sword O Republic | C |
| Draw the Sword | D |
Edgar Lee Masters
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