To William E. Channing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFED GHGH IEIE| The pages of thy book I read | A |
| And as I closed each one | B |
| My heart responding ever said | A |
| Servant of God well done | B |
| - | |
| Well done Thy words are great and bold | C |
| At times they seem to me | D |
| Like Luther's in the days of old | C |
| Half battles for the free | D |
| - | |
| Go on until this land revokes | E |
| The old and chartered Lie | F |
| The feudal curse whose whips and yokes | E |
| Insult humanity | D |
| - | |
| A voice is ever at thy side | G |
| Speaking in tones of might | H |
| Like the prophetic voice that cried | G |
| To John in Patmos Write | H |
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| Write and tell out this bloody tale | I |
| Record this dire eclipse | E |
| This Day of Wrath this Endless Wail | I |
| This dread Apocalypse | E |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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