Save The Boys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGGHIJJ KKIIEEDD AADDLLCC| Like Dives in the deeps of Hell | A |
| I cannot break this fearful spell | A |
| Nor quench the fires I've madly nursed | B |
| Nor cool this dreadful raging thirst | B |
| Take back your pledge ye come too late | C |
| Ye cannot save me from my fate | C |
| Nor bring me back departed joys | D |
| But ye can try to save the boys | D |
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| Ye bid me break my fiery chain | E |
| Arise and be a man again | F |
| When every street with snares is spread | G |
| And nets of sin where'er I tread | G |
| No I must reap as I did sow | H |
| The seeds of sin bring crops of woe | I |
| But with my latest breath I'll crave | J |
| That ye will try the boys to save | J |
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| These bloodshot eyes were once so bright | K |
| This sin crushed heart was glad and light | K |
| But by the wine cup's ruddy glow | I |
| I traced a path to shame and woe | I |
| A captive to my galling chain | E |
| I've tried to rise but tried in vain | E |
| The cup allures and then destroys | D |
| Oh from its thraldom save the boys | D |
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| Take from your streets those traps of hell | A |
| Into whose gilded snares I fell | A |
| Oh freemen from these foul decoys | D |
| Arise and vote to save the boys | D |
| Oh ye who license men to trade | L |
| In draughts that charm and then degrade | L |
| Before ye hear the cry Too late | C |
| Oh save the boys from my sad fate | C |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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