The King [ I ] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF AGHGIJIJ FGFGKLKL| AMONG the sons of Englishmen | A |
| Full many feel like real tears | B |
| For though he reigned but scarcely ten | C |
| He bore the burden many years | D |
| He lived the dead past doubly down | E |
| He shamed by manliness and truth | F |
| The lies that beat about a crown | E |
| And round a known man in his youth | F |
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| For he had lived as men have done | A |
| Since Adam s time to prove them true | G |
| He proved it in his manhood s prime | H |
| And to the end as strong men do | G |
| And so he died and ever since | I |
| And on through years the words shall ring | J |
| He lived a man he lived a prince | I |
| And died a gentleman and King | J |
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| Unto the friends of his hot youth | F |
| In his wise age he still was true | G |
| He showed by steadfastness and truth | F |
| What kings as well as men can do | G |
| Till all was manlike or forgot | K |
| Long years ere he found his release | L |
| He made them loyal who were not | K |
| He won respect and kept the peace | L |
Henry Lawson
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