The Race For Homes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGG HHIIJJKKLLIIMMNNHH OPOQRHHRBBSSTTUUVVWW WXX YZYYZA2A2B2C2D2B2E2E 2UU F2F2E2E2E2E2D2C2G2G2 IB2IB2C2H2C2H2H2I2J2 J2J2J2I2I2K2L2M2FM2F FM2M2N2N2N2M2M2J2J2O 2P2

AprilA
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Behold As from the shades of nightB
An army gathers full of mightB
And strong with constant courage standsC
'Tween civilized and savage landsC
Where vast in power the legion waitsD
The turning of the desert gatesD
That men of might may enter inE
And progress all her glories winE
Lo where these thousands make assailF
The barren ages all shall failF
And swift advancement far be hurledG
O'er sleeping empires and the worldG
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The morning hours haste hurried byH
Behold The noon is drawing nighH
The anxious host with careful eyesI
Marks well each rapid hour that fliesI
While hope exulting wildly rollsJ
The highest such as filled the soulsJ
Of Jason and his comrades boldK
Who sought the famous fleece of goldK
Upon the trampled grasses beatL
Impatient steeds with restless feetL
The dins of harsh discordant criesI
Above the thrilling thousands riseI
Shrilly the scattered children callM
And soft the words of women fallM
While men with voices hushed and weakN
Their low commands expectant speakN
Till suddenly a mighty cryH
A shout of warning smites the skyH
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Attention HoO
Attention hereP
Attention LoO
The noon is nearQ
O'er hill and brakeR
Resounds the warning cryH
The moment great is nighH
The hosts awakeR
Awake to strive with mad delightB
Awake to win the friendly fightB
And from the camps anear and farS
Where nervous haste and hurry areS
Vast legions gather on the plainT
While chaos and confusion reignT
The neighing steed with quickened paceU
Impatient seeks the vantage placeU
The slower ox with lightened loadV
Stands waiting in the crowded roadV
And wagon buggy carriage cartW
Vehicles formed with rudest artW
All forward forward forward dartW
Swift forming on the level groundX
Where most advantage may be foundX
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Line up Ho thereY
Line up line upZ
The hurried order smites the airY
Above the silent prairies fairY
Unseen progression holds her cupZ
Filled to the brim with magic seedsA2
That harvests hold for human needsA2
Excitement grows on beasts and menB2
The saddle girths are tightened o'erC2
The stirrups lengthened out once moreD2
And silence softly falls againB2
Each bit and buckle strap and bandE2
Is tested o'er with careful handE2
And man and beast in chosen placeU
Stand ready for the coming raceU
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The circling sunF2
His morning race has fully runF2
A waving handE2
Signals above the brief commandE2
That sight and sense will understandE2
And open swings the desert landE2
A shot A hundred thousand moreD2
The grassy meadows echo o'erC2
A shout From countless throats a shoutG2
On rolling wings leaps madly outG2
A yell a raging roar that fliesI
On bounding winds o'er hill and glenB2
And 'round the land electrifiesI
A thousand living miles of menB2
A mammoth stirC2
A sudden dashH2
Swift whip and spurC2
Together clashH2
And wheels on wheels that totter crashH2
They're off They're offI2
Away awayJ2
In mad arrayJ2
No stop nor stayJ2
The hurried charge they ride to dayJ2
Would shame and scoffI2
The Tartar Turk and RomanoffI2
The race is onK2
The host is goneL2
The thronging legions madly rideM2
O'er hill and daleF
With hurried pace unsatisfiedM2
In fierce assailF
Where none may failF
And only phantoms dimly blentM2
Tell where the mounted armies wentM2
Like shifting shadows faint and dimN2
Or ghostly spectors gaunt and grimN2
Beyond the far horizon's rimN2
Behold Adown the valleys brightM2
The last lone straggler fades from sightM2
And only hasty hoof beats sayJ2
What thousands rode the race to dayJ2
What hosts with hearts that build and blessO2
Found homes amid the wildernessP2

Freeman E. Miller



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