Song For The Luddites Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBC ACCCCC ADCDDD| I | A |
| As the Liberty lads o'er the sea | B |
| Bought their freedom and cheaply with blood | C |
| So we boys we | B |
| Will die fighting or live free | B |
| And down with all kings but King Ludd | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| When the web that we weave is complete | C |
| And the shuttle exchanged for the sword | C |
| We will fling the winding sheet | C |
| O'er the despot at our feet | C |
| And dye it deep in the gore he has pour'd | C |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Though black as his heart its hue | D |
| Since his veins are corrupted to mud | C |
| Yet this is the dew | D |
| Which the tree shall renew | D |
| Of Liberty planted by Ludd | D |
George Gordon Byron
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