America Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDBBDB EFEFGHBBHB IDIDJKBBKB CLCLMNBBNB OPEEPBI am the refuge of all the oppressed | A |
I am the boast of the free | B |
I am the harbour where ships may rest | A |
Safely 'twixt sea and sea | B |
I hold up a torch to a darkened world | C |
I lighten the path with its ray | D |
Let my hand keep steady | B |
And let me be ready | B |
For whatever comes my way | D |
Let me be ready | B |
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Oh better than fortresses better than guns | E |
Better than lance or spear | F |
Are the loyal hearts of my daughters and sons | E |
Faithful and without fear | F |
But my daughters and sons must understand | G |
THAT ATTILA DID NOT DIE | H |
And they must be ready | B |
Their hands must be steady | B |
If the hosts of hell come nigh | H |
They must be ready | B |
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If Jesus were back on the earth with men | I |
He would not preach to day | D |
Until He had made Him a scourge and again | I |
He would drive the defilers away | D |
He would throw down the tables of lust and greed | J |
And scatter the changers' gold | K |
He would be ready | B |
His hand would be steady | B |
As it was in that temple of old | K |
He would be ready | B |
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I am the cradle of God's new world | C |
From me shall the new race rise | L |
And my glorious banner must float unfurled | C |
Unsullied against the skies | L |
My sons and daughters must be my strength | M |
With courage to do and to dare | N |
With hearts that are ready | B |
With hands that are steady | B |
And their slogan must be PREPARE | N |
They must be ready | B |
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With a prayer on the lip they must shoulder arms | O |
For after all has been said | P |
We must muster guns | E |
If we master Huns | E |
AND ATTILA IS NOT DEAD | P |
We must be ready | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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