President Lincoln's Proclamation Of Freedom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD AEFE GHGH IJKJ ILML NELE OPOP GQOQ OERE| IT shall flash through coming ages | A |
| It shall light the distant years | B |
| And eyes now dim with sorrow | C |
| Shall be clearer through their tears | D |
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| It shall flush the mountain ranges | A |
| And the valleys shall grow bright | E |
| It shall bathe the hills in radiance | F |
| And crown their brows with light | E |
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| It shall flood with golden splendor | G |
| All the huts of Caroline | H |
| And the sun kissed brow of labor | G |
| With lustre new shall shine | H |
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| It shall gild the gloomy prison | I |
| Darken'd by the nation's crime | J |
| Where the dumb and patient millions | K |
| Wait the better coming time | J |
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| By the light that gilds their prison | I |
| They shall seize its mould'ring key | L |
| And the bolts and bars shall vibrate | M |
| With the triumphs of the free | L |
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| Like the dim and ancient chaos | N |
| Shrinking from the dawn of light | E |
| Oppression grim and hoary | L |
| Shall cower at the sight | E |
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| And her spawn of lies and malice | O |
| Shall grovel in the dust | P |
| While joy shall thrill the bosoms | O |
| Of the merciful and just | P |
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| Though the morning seemed to linger | G |
| O'er the hill tops far away | Q |
| Now the shadows bear the promise | O |
| Of the quickly coming day | Q |
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| Soon the mists and murky shadows | O |
| Shall be fringed with crimson light | E |
| And the glorious dawn of freedom | R |
| Break refulgent on the sight | E |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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