The Dying Bondman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHAH CDID DJJJ KLAL DJJJ CMKM ANONLife was trembling faintly trembling | A |
On the bondman's latest breath | B |
And he felt the chilling pressure | C |
Of the cold hard hand of Death | B |
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He had been an Afric chieftain | D |
Worn his manhood as a crown | E |
But upon the field of battle | F |
Had been fiercely stricken down | E |
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He had longed to gain his freedom | G |
Waited watched and hoped in vain | H |
Till his life was slowly ebbing | A |
Almost broken was his chain | H |
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By his bedside stood the master | C |
Gazing on the dying one | D |
Knowing by the dull grey shadows | I |
That life's sands were almost run | D |
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Master said the dying bondman | D |
Home and friends I soon shall see | J |
But before I reach my country | J |
Master write that I am free | J |
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For the spirits of my fathers | K |
Would shrink back from me in pride | L |
If I told them at our greeting | A |
I a slave had lived and died | L |
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Give to me the precious token | D |
That my kindred dead may see | J |
Master write it write it quickly | J |
Master write that I am free | J |
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At his earnest plea the master | C |
Wrote for him the glad release | M |
O'er his wan and wasted features | K |
Flitted one sweet smile of peace | M |
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Eagerly he grasped the writing | A |
I am free at last he said | N |
Backward fell upon the pillow | O |
He was free among the dead | N |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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