England Before The Storm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEDE A FFGGEEEE A HHIIJKJK K LLMMEEEE| I | A |
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| The day that is the night of days | B |
| With cannon fire for sun ablaze | B |
| We spy from any billow's lift | C |
| And England still this tidal drift | C |
| Would she to sainted forethought vow | D |
| A space before the thunders flood | E |
| That martyr of its hour might now | D |
| Spare her the tears of blood | E |
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| II | A |
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| Asleep upon her ancient deeds | F |
| She hugs the vision plethora breeds | F |
| And counts her manifold increase | G |
| Of treasure in the fruits of peace | G |
| What curse on earth's improvident | E |
| When the dread trumpet shatters rest | E |
| Is wreaked she knows yet smiles content | E |
| As cradle rocked from breast | E |
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| III | A |
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| She impious to the Lord of Hosts | H |
| The valour of her offspring boasts | H |
| Mindless that now on land and main | I |
| His heeded prayer is active brain | I |
| No more great heart may guard the home | J |
| Save eyed and armed and skilled to cleave | K |
| Yon swallower wave with shroud of foam | J |
| We see not distant heave | K |
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| IV | K |
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| They stand to be her sacrifice | L |
| The sons this mother flings like dice | L |
| To face the odds and brave the Fates | M |
| As in those days of starry dates | M |
| When cannon cannon's counterblast | E |
| Awakened muzzle muzzle bowled | E |
| And high in swathe of smoke the mast | E |
| Its fighting rag outrolled | E |
George Meredith
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