The Men-made Gods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAC DEDD FGFF HIHHI| Said the Kaiser's god to the god of the Czar | A |
| 'Hark hark how my people pray | B |
| Their faith methinks is greater by far | A |
| Than all the faiths of the others are | A |
| They know I will help them slay ' | C |
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| Said the god of the Czar 'My people call | D |
| In a medley of tongues they know | E |
| I will lend my strength to them one and all | D |
| Wherever they fight their foes shall fall | D |
| Like grass where the mowers go ' | - |
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| Then the god of the Gauls spoke out of a cloud | F |
| To the god of the King nearby | G |
| 'Our people pray tho' they pray not loud | F |
| They ask for courage to slaughter a crowd | F |
| And to laugh tho' themselves may die ' | - |
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| And far out into the heart of Space | H |
| Where a lonely pathway crept | I |
| Up over the stars to a secret place | H |
| Where no light shone but the light of His face | H |
| Christ covered His eyes and wept | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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