The Martyr Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDFGGHIIH JKLKLK MNONPQQKIIK JKLKLK| Indicative of the passion of the people on the | A |
| th of April | B |
| - | |
| - | |
| Goon Friday was the day | C |
| Of the prodigy and crime | D |
| When they killed him in his pity | E |
| When they killed him in his prime | D |
| Of clemency and calm | F |
| When with yearning he was filled | G |
| To redeem the evil willed | G |
| And though conqueror be kind | H |
| But they killed him in his kindness | I |
| In their madness and their blindness | I |
| And they killed him from behind | H |
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| There is sobbing of the strong | J |
| And a pall upon the land | K |
| But the People in their weeping | L |
| Bare the iron hand | K |
| Beware the People weeping | L |
| When they bare the iron hand | K |
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| He lieth in his blood | M |
| The father in his face | N |
| They have killed him the Forgiver | O |
| The Avenger takes his place | N |
| The Avenger wisely stern | P |
| Who in righteousness shall do | Q |
| What the heavens call him to | Q |
| And the parricides remand | K |
| For they killed him in his kindness | I |
| In their madness and their blindness | I |
| And his blood is on their hand | K |
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| There is sobbing of the strong | J |
| And a pall upon the land | K |
| But the People in their weeping | L |
| Bare the iron hand | K |
| Beware the People weeping | L |
| When they bare the iron hand | K |
Herman Melville
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