Christmas Bells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDEEC AAFFC GGHHC IJKKC LLEEC MMNNC| I heard the bells on Christmas Day | A |
| Their old familiar carols play | A |
| And wild and sweet | B |
| The words repeat | B |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
| - | |
| And thought how as the day had come | D |
| The belfries of all Christendom | D |
| Had rolled along | E |
| The unbroken song | E |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
| - | |
| Till ringing singing on its way | A |
| The world revolved from night to day | A |
| A voice a chime | F |
| A chant sublime | F |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
| - | |
| Then from each black accursed mouth | G |
| The cannon thundered in the South | G |
| And with the sound | H |
| The carols drowned | H |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
| - | |
| It was as if an earthquake rent | I |
| The hearth stones of a continent | J |
| And made forlorn | K |
| The households born | K |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
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| And in despair I bowed my head | L |
| There is no peace on earth I said | L |
| For hate is strong | E |
| And mocks the song | E |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
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| Then pealed the bells more loud and deep | M |
| God is not dead nor doth he sleep | M |
| The Wrong shall fail | N |
| The Right prevail | N |
| With peace on earth good will to men | C |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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