Respublica Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MKKN IOKO PKQO| The strident high | A |
| civic trumpeting | B |
| of misrule It is | C |
| what we stand for | D |
| - | |
| Wild insolence | E |
| aggregates without | F |
| distinction Courage | G |
| of common men | H |
| - | |
| spent in the ruck | I |
| their remnant witness | J |
| after centuries | K |
| is granted them | L |
| - | |
| like a pardon | M |
| And other fealties | K |
| other fortitudes | K |
| broken as named | N |
| - | |
| Respublica | I |
| brokenly recalled | O |
| its archaic laws | K |
| and hymnody | O |
| - | |
| and destroyed hope | P |
| that so many times | K |
| is brought with triumph | Q |
| back from the dead | O |
Geoffrey Hill
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