Greater Britain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFBFB GHIHJBJB

Our hearts were not set on fightingA
We did not pant for the frayB
And whatever wrongs need rightingA
We would not have met that wayB
But the way that has opened before usC
Leads on thro' a blood red fieldD
And we swear by the great God o'er usC
We will die but we will not yieldD
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The battle is not of our makingA
And war was never our planE
Yet all that is sweet forsakingA
We march to it man by manE
It is either to smite or be smittenF
There's no other choice to dayB
And we live as befits the BritonF
Or we die as the Briton mayB
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We were not fashioned for cagesG
Or to feed from a keeper's handH
Our strength which has grown thro' agesI
Is the strength of a slave free landH
We cannot kneel down to a masterJ
To our God alone can we prayB
And we stand in this world disasterJ
To fight like a lion at bayB

Ella Wheeler Wilcox



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