Jeanne D'arc Returns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDBCCDEFEGFG| A | |
| - | |
| What hast thou done O womanhood of France | B |
| Mother and daughter sister sweetheart wife | C |
| What hast thou done amid this fateful strife | C |
| To prove the pride of thine inheritance | D |
| In this fair land of freedom and romance | B |
| I hear thy voice with tears and courage rife | C |
| Smiling against the swords that seek thy life | C |
| Make answer in a noble utterance | D |
| I give France all I have and all she asks | E |
| Would it were more Ah let her ask and take | F |
| My hands to nurse her wounded do her tasks | E |
| My feet to run her errands through the dark | G |
| My heart to bleed in triumph for her sake | F |
| And all my soul to follow thee Jeanne d'Arc | G |
Henry Van Dyke
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