The Eagle Of The Blue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLML NNNN OEPE| ALOFT he guards the starry folds | A |
| Who is the brother of the star | B |
| The bird whose joy is in the wind | C |
| Exulteth in the war | D |
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| No painted plume a sober hue | E |
| His beauty is his power | F |
| That eager calm of gaze intent | G |
| Foresees the Sibyl s hour | F |
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| Austere he crowns the swaying perch | H |
| Flapped by the angry flag | I |
| The hurricane from the battery sings | J |
| But his claw has known the crag | I |
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| Amid the scream of shells his scream | K |
| Runs shrilling and the glare | L |
| Of eyes that brave the blinding sun | M |
| The volleyed flame can bear | L |
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| The pride of quenchless strength is his | N |
| Strength which though chained avails | N |
| The very rebel looks and thrills | N |
| The anchored Emblem hails | N |
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| Though scarred in many a furious fray | O |
| No deadly hurt he knew | E |
| Well may we think his years are charmed | P |
| The Eagle of the Blue | E |
Herman Melville
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