The Lion And The Lamb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| I saw a Tiger's golden flank | A |
| I saw what food he ate | B |
| By a desert spring he drank | A |
| The Tiger's name was Hate | B |
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| Then I saw a placid Lamb | C |
| Lying fast asleep | D |
| Like a river from its dam | C |
| Flashed the Tiger's leap | D |
| - | |
| I saw a lion tawny red | E |
| Terrible and brave | F |
| The Tiger's leap overhead | E |
| Broke like a wave | F |
| - | |
| In sand below or sun above | G |
| He faded like a flame | H |
| The Lamb said I am Love | G |
| Lion tell your name | H |
| - | |
| The Lion's voice thundering | I |
| Shook his vaulted breast | J |
| I am Love By this spring | I |
| Brother let us rest | J |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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