The King Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF AGHGIJIJ FGFGKLKLAmong 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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