I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEC FFE GGH AAIC| I heard the bells on Christmas day | A |
| Their old familiar carols play | A |
| And wild and sweet the words repeat | B |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
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| I thought how as the day had come | D |
| The belfries of all Christendom | D |
| Had rolled along th'unbroken song | E |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
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| And in despair I bowed my head | F |
| 'There is no peace on earth ' I said | F |
| 'For hate is strong and mocks the song | E |
| Of peace on earth good will to men ' | - |
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| Then pealed the bells more loud and deep | G |
| 'God is not dead nor doth He sleep | G |
| The wrong shall fail the right prevail | H |
| With peace on earth good will to men ' | - |
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| Till ringing singing on its way | A |
| The world revolved from night to day | A |
| A voice a chime a chant sublime | I |
| Of peace on earth good will to men | C |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Nicole : I think it's a very good poem and all should be required to memorize or at least read it
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