Respublica Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MKKN IOKO PKQOThe strident high | A |
civic trumpeting | B |
of misrule It is | C |
what we stand for | D |
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Wild insolence | E |
aggregates without | F |
distinction Courage | G |
of common men | H |
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spent in the ruck | I |
their remnant witness | J |
after centuries | K |
is granted them | L |
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like a pardon | M |
And other fealties | K |
other fortitudes | K |
broken as named | N |
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Respublica | I |
brokenly recalled | O |
its archaic laws | K |
and hymnody | O |
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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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