The Song Of The Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH CJJJ KLCL| The World is ours till sunset | A |
| Holly and fire and snow | B |
| And the name of our dead brother | C |
| Who loved us long ago | B |
| - | |
| The grown folk mighty and cunning | D |
| They write his name in gold | E |
| But we can tell a little | F |
| Of the million tales he told | E |
| - | |
| He taught them laws and watchwords | G |
| To preach and struggle and pray | H |
| But he taught us deep in the hayfield | I |
| The games that the angels play | H |
| - | |
| Had he stayed here for ever | C |
| Their world would be wise as ours | J |
| And the king be cutting capers | J |
| And the priest be picking flowers | J |
| - | |
| But the dark day came they gathered | K |
| On their faces we could see | L |
| They had taken and slain our brother | C |
| And hanged him on a tree | L |
G. K. Chesterton
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