The Barbarous Chief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIJI KLCLMNON PQPQRSLS DFDFITIT| There was a kingdom known as the Mind | A |
| A kingdom vast as fair | B |
| And the brave king Brain had the right to reign | C |
| In royal splendor there | B |
| Oh that was a beautiful beautiful land | D |
| Which unto this king was given | E |
| Filled with everything good and grand | D |
| And it reached from earth to heaven | E |
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| But a savage monster came one day | F |
| From over a distant border | G |
| He warred with the king and disputed his sway | F |
| And set the whole land in disorder | G |
| He mounted the throne which he made his own | H |
| He sunk the kingdom in grief | I |
| There was trouble and shame from the hour he came | J |
| Illtemper the barbarous chief | I |
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| He threw down the castles of love and peace | K |
| He burned up the altars of prayers | L |
| He trod down the grain that was planted by Brain | C |
| And scattered thistles and tares | L |
| He wasted the store house of knowledge and drove | M |
| Queen Wisdom away in fright | N |
| And a terrible gloom like the cloud of doom | O |
| Shrouded that land in night | N |
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| Bent on more havoc away he rushed | P |
| To the neighboring kingdom Heart | Q |
| And the blossoms of kindness and hope he crushed | P |
| And patience he pierced with his dart | Q |
| And he even went on to the Isthmus Soul | R |
| That unites the mind with God | S |
| And its beautiful bowers of fragrant flowers | L |
| With a ruthless heel he trod | S |
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| To you is given this wonderful land | D |
| Where the lordly Brain has sway | F |
| But the border ruffian is near at hand | D |
| Be on your guard I pray | F |
| Beware of Illtemper the barbarous chief | I |
| He is cruel as vice or sin | T |
| And your beautiful kingdom will come to grief | I |
| If once you let him in | T |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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