A Story Of The Rebellion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JBKB LBMB NOIO PQRQ SSTS SESL USSS| The treacherous sands had caught our boat | A |
| And held it with a strong embrace | B |
| And death at our imprisoned crew | C |
| Was sternly looking face to face | B |
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| With anxious hearts but failing strength | D |
| We strove to push the boat from shore | E |
| But all in vain for there we lay | F |
| With bated breath and useless oar | E |
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| Around us in a fearful storm | G |
| The fiery hail fell thick and fast | H |
| And we engirded by the sand | I |
| Could not return the dreadful blast | H |
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| When one arose upon whose brow | J |
| The ardent sun had left his trace | B |
| A noble purpose strong and high | K |
| Uplighting all his dusky face | B |
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| Perchance within that fateful hour | L |
| The wrongs of ages thronged apace | B |
| But with it came the glorious hope | M |
| Of swift deliverance to his race | B |
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| Of galling chains asunder rent | N |
| Of severed hearts again made one | O |
| Of freedom crowning all the land | I |
| Through battles gained and victories won | O |
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| Some one our hero firmly said | P |
| Must die to get us out of this | Q |
| Then leaped upon the strand and bared | R |
| His bosom to the bullets' hiss | Q |
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| But ye are soldiers and can fight | S |
| May win in battles yet unfought | S |
| I have no offering but my life | T |
| And if they kill me it is nought | S |
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| With steady hands he grasped the boat | S |
| And boldly pushed it from the shore | E |
| Then fell by rebel bullets pierced | S |
| His life work grandly nobly o'er | L |
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| Our boat was rescued from the sands | U |
| And launched in safety on the tide | S |
| But he our comrade good and grand | S |
| In our defence had bravely died | S |
Frances E. W. Harper
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