The Processional Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFF GGHHIIJJ KKLLBBMM NNLLGGLL OOPPLLLL Q JJRRPPST| Written in collaboration with R B Hamilton | A |
| - | |
| - | |
| When Julius Caesar met his death | B |
| He muttered in his dying breath | B |
| It is not patriotism now | C |
| Prompts you to break your friendship's vow | C |
| Quoth Brutus as he stabbed again | D |
| The greatest of his countrymen | E |
| You're in this fix | F |
| Through politics | F |
| - | |
| As on his path Columbus sped | G |
| A sailor to the great man said | G |
| Without a break without a bend | H |
| The broad Atlantic has no end | H |
| And to the sailor at his side | I |
| 'Tis rumored that great man replied | I |
| I guess I know | J |
| You go below | J |
| - | |
| The snow fell fast on Russia's soil | K |
| The soldiers wearied with their toil | K |
| Cried 'Tis not possible that we | L |
| Our native France again shall see | L |
| Stern ever in the face of death | B |
| Napoleon said beneath his breath | B |
| Go take a walk | M |
| I hate such talk | M |
| - | |
| A cherry tree lay on the ground | N |
| On George's body pa did pound | N |
| But pa George cried It seems to me | L |
| That you are wrong dis ain't your tree | L |
| The old man sadly shook his head | G |
| And to his wayward son he said | G |
| Don't lie to me | L |
| I know my tree | L |
| - | |
| When Dewey on his flagship sailed | O |
| The Spaniards never even quailed | O |
| Oh it ain't possible said they | P |
| For him to reach Manila Bay | P |
| But Dewey merely smiled in glee | L |
| It isn't possible quoth he | L |
| Why hully gee | L |
| Just wait and see | L |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| MORAL | Q |
| - | |
| Thus onward as through life we go | J |
| Amid the pomp and glare and show | J |
| We oft some proverb misconstrue | R |
| And mutter boldly 'Tis not true | R |
| But in their calm majestic way | P |
| We hear the tongues of wise men say | P |
| You go way back | S |
| And then sit down | T |
Edwin C. Ranck
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Processional
The Processional is a poem by Edwin C. Ranck. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Processional poem by Edwin C. Ranck
Best Poems of Edwin C. Ranck