The Portent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEF GBHDIEF| Hanging from the beam | A |
| Slowly swaying such the law | B |
| Gaunt the shadow on your green | C |
| Shenandoah | D |
| The cut is on the crown | E |
| Lo John Brown | E |
| And the stabs shall heal no more | F |
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| Hidden in the cap | G |
| Is the anguish none can draw | B |
| So your future veils its face | H |
| Shenandoah | D |
| But the streaming beard is shown | I |
| Weird John Brown | E |
| The meteor of the war | F |
Herman Melville
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