Ethiopia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIHI JKLK MNON NPP BCD| Yes Ethiopia yet shall stretch | A |
| Her bleeding hands abroad | B |
| Her cry of agony shall reach | C |
| The burning throne of God | D |
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| The tyrant's yoke from off her neck | E |
| His fetters from her soul | F |
| The mighty hand of God shall break | G |
| And spurn the base control | F |
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| Redeemed from dust and freed from chains | H |
| Her sons shall lift their eyes | I |
| From lofty hills and verdant plains | H |
| Shall shouts of triumph rise | I |
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| Upon the dark despairing brow | J |
| Shall play a smile of peace | K |
| For God shall bend unto her woe | L |
| And bid her sorrows cease | K |
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| 'Neath sheltering vines and stately palms | M |
| Shall laughing children play | N |
| And aged sires with joyous psalms | O |
| Shall gladden every day | N |
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| Secure by night and blest by day | N |
| Shall pass her happy hours | P |
| Within her peaceful bowers | P |
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| Thy bleeding hands abroad | B |
| Thy cry of agony shall reach | C |
| And find the throne of God | D |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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