Death Has Crowned Him A Martyr Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HAA III| Written on the day of President McKinley's death | A |
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| In the midst of sunny waters lo the mighty Ship of State | B |
| Staggers bruised and torn and wounded by a derelict of fate | B |
| One that drifted from its moorings in the anchorage of hate | B |
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| On the deck our noble Pilot in the glory of his prime | C |
| Lies in woe impelling silence dead before his hour or time | C |
| Victim of a mind self centred in a Godless fool of crime | C |
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| One of earth's dissension breeders one of Hate's unreasoning tools | D |
| In the annals of the ages when the world's hot anger cools | D |
| He who sought for Crime's distinction shall be known as Chief of Fools | D |
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| In the annals of the ages he who had no thought of fame | E |
| Keeping on the path of duty caring not for praise or blame | E |
| Close beside the deathless Lincoln writ in light will shine his name | E |
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| Youth proclaimed him as a hero time a statesman love a man | F |
| Death has crowned him as a martyr so from goal to goal he ran | F |
| Knowing all the sum of glory that a human life may span | F |
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| He was chosen by the people not an accident of birth | G |
| Made him ruler of a nation but his own intrinsic worth | G |
| Fools may govern over kingdoms not republics of the earth | G |
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| He has raised the lovers' standard by his loyalty and faith | H |
| He has shown how virile manhood may keep free from scandal's breath | A |
| He has gazed with trust unshaken in the awful eyes of Death | A |
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| In the mighty march of progress he has sought to do his best | I |
| Let his enemies be silent as we lay him down to rest | I |
| And may God assuage the anguish of one suffering woman's breast | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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