Disarmament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IAAJKLFMNOP| We have outgrown the helmet and cuirass | A |
| The spear the arrow and the javelin | B |
| These crude inventions of a cruder age | C |
| When men killed men to show their love of God | D |
| And he who slaughtered most was greatest king | E |
| We have outgrown the need of war | F |
| Should men | G |
| Unite in this one thought all war would end | H |
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| Disarm the world and let all Nations meet | I |
| Like Men not monsters when disputes arise | A |
| When crossed opinions tangle into snarls | A |
| Let Courts untie them and not armies cut | J |
| When State discussions breed dissensions let | K |
| Union and Arbitration supersede | L |
| The hell created implements of War | F |
| Disarm the world and bid destructive thought | M |
| Slip like a serpent from the mortal mind | N |
| Down through the marshes of oblivion Soon | O |
| A race of gods shall rise Disarm Disarm | P |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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