The Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIJI KLKL BMBM NBNB AOAO PQEQ BBBB| The breaking waves dashed high | A |
| On a stern and rock bound coast | B |
| And the woods against a stormy sky | A |
| Their giant branches tost | B |
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| And the heavy night hung dark | C |
| The hills and water o'er | D |
| When a band of exiles moored their bark | C |
| On the wild New England shore | E |
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| Not as the conqueror comes | F |
| They the true hearted came | G |
| Not with the roll of the stirring drums | F |
| And the trumpet that sings of fame | G |
| - | |
| Not as the flying come | H |
| In silence and in fear | I |
| They shook the depths of the desert's gloom | J |
| With their hymns of lofty cheer | I |
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| Amidst the storm they sang | K |
| And the stars heard and the sea | L |
| And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang | K |
| To the anthem of the free | L |
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| The ocean eagle soared | B |
| From his nest by the white wave's foam | M |
| And the rocking pines of the forest roared | B |
| This was their welcome home | M |
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| There were men with hoary hair | N |
| Amidst that pilgrim band | B |
| Why had they come to wither there | N |
| Away from their childhood's land | B |
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| There was woman's fearless eye | A |
| Lit by her deep love's truth | O |
| There was manhood's brow serenely high | A |
| And the fiery heart of youth | O |
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| What sought they thus afar | P |
| Bright jewels of the mine | Q |
| The wealth of the seas the spoils of war | E |
| They sought a faith's pure shrine | Q |
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| Ay call it holy ground | B |
| The soil where first they trod | B |
| They have left unstained what there they found | B |
| Freedom to worship God | B |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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