The Race For Homes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGG HHIIJJKKLLIIMMNNHH OPOQRHHRBBSSTTUUVVWW WXX YZYYZA2A2B2C2D2B2E2E 2UU F2F2E2E2E2E2D2C2G2G2 IB2IB2C2H2C2H2H2I2J2 J2J2J2I2I2K2L2M2FM2F FM2M2N2N2N2M2M2J2J2O 2P2April | A |
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Behold As from the shades of night | B |
An army gathers full of might | B |
And strong with constant courage stands | C |
'Tween civilized and savage lands | C |
Where vast in power the legion waits | D |
The turning of the desert gates | D |
That men of might may enter in | E |
And progress all her glories win | E |
Lo where these thousands make assail | F |
The barren ages all shall fail | F |
And swift advancement far be hurled | G |
O'er sleeping empires and the world | G |
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The morning hours haste hurried by | H |
Behold The noon is drawing nigh | H |
The anxious host with careful eyes | I |
Marks well each rapid hour that flies | I |
While hope exulting wildly rolls | J |
The highest such as filled the souls | J |
Of Jason and his comrades bold | K |
Who sought the famous fleece of gold | K |
Upon the trampled grasses beat | L |
Impatient steeds with restless feet | L |
The dins of harsh discordant cries | I |
Above the thrilling thousands rise | I |
Shrilly the scattered children call | M |
And soft the words of women fall | M |
While men with voices hushed and weak | N |
Their low commands expectant speak | N |
Till suddenly a mighty cry | H |
A shout of warning smites the sky | H |
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Attention Ho | O |
Attention here | P |
Attention Lo | O |
The noon is near | Q |
O'er hill and brake | R |
Resounds the warning cry | H |
The moment great is nigh | H |
The hosts awake | R |
Awake to strive with mad delight | B |
Awake to win the friendly fight | B |
And from the camps anear and far | S |
Where nervous haste and hurry are | S |
Vast legions gather on the plain | T |
While chaos and confusion reign | T |
The neighing steed with quickened pace | U |
Impatient seeks the vantage place | U |
The slower ox with lightened load | V |
Stands waiting in the crowded road | V |
And wagon buggy carriage cart | W |
Vehicles formed with rudest art | W |
All forward forward forward dart | W |
Swift forming on the level ground | X |
Where most advantage may be found | X |
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Line up Ho there | Y |
Line up line up | Z |
The hurried order smites the air | Y |
Above the silent prairies fair | Y |
Unseen progression holds her cup | Z |
Filled to the brim with magic seeds | A2 |
That harvests hold for human needs | A2 |
Excitement grows on beasts and men | B2 |
The saddle girths are tightened o'er | C2 |
The stirrups lengthened out once more | D2 |
And silence softly falls again | B2 |
Each bit and buckle strap and band | E2 |
Is tested o'er with careful hand | E2 |
And man and beast in chosen place | U |
Stand ready for the coming race | U |
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The circling sun | F2 |
His morning race has fully run | F2 |
A waving hand | E2 |
Signals above the brief command | E2 |
That sight and sense will understand | E2 |
And open swings the desert land | E2 |
A shot A hundred thousand more | D2 |
The grassy meadows echo o'er | C2 |
A shout From countless throats a shout | G2 |
On rolling wings leaps madly out | G2 |
A yell a raging roar that flies | I |
On bounding winds o'er hill and glen | B2 |
And 'round the land electrifies | I |
A thousand living miles of men | B2 |
A mammoth stir | C2 |
A sudden dash | H2 |
Swift whip and spur | C2 |
Together clash | H2 |
And wheels on wheels that totter crash | H2 |
They're off They're off | I2 |
Away away | J2 |
In mad array | J2 |
No stop nor stay | J2 |
The hurried charge they ride to day | J2 |
Would shame and scoff | I2 |
The Tartar Turk and Romanoff | I2 |
The race is on | K2 |
The host is gone | L2 |
The thronging legions madly ride | M2 |
O'er hill and dale | F |
With hurried pace unsatisfied | M2 |
In fierce assail | F |
Where none may fail | F |
And only phantoms dimly blent | M2 |
Tell where the mounted armies went | M2 |
Like shifting shadows faint and dim | N2 |
Or ghostly spectors gaunt and grim | N2 |
Beyond the far horizon's rim | N2 |
Behold Adown the valleys bright | M2 |
The last lone straggler fades from sight | M2 |
And only hasty hoof beats say | J2 |
What thousands rode the race to day | J2 |
What hosts with hearts that build and bless | O2 |
Found homes amid the wilderness | P2 |
Freeman E. Miller
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