Out Of Egypt. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE FGHG FIAI JKLK MBNB OHPH QRSR TAUA VWHW XKYK ZRA2R B2BC2B ABD2B E2F2KF2| To Egypt's king who ruled beside | A |
| The reedy river's flow | B |
| Came God's command Release O king | C |
| And let my people go | B |
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| The king's proud heart grew hard apace | D |
| He marked the suppliant throng | E |
| And said Nay they must here abide | A |
| The weak must serve the strong | E |
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| Straightway the Lord stretched forth his hand | F |
| And every stream ran blood | G |
| The river swept towards the sea | H |
| A full ensanguined flood | G |
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| The haughty king beheld the land | F |
| By plagues afflicted sore | I |
| But as God's wonders multiplied | A |
| Hardened his heart the more | I |
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| Until the angel of the Lord | J |
| Came on the wings of Night | K |
| And smote first born of man and beast | L |
| In his destructive flight | K |
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| Throughout all Egypt not a house | M |
| Was spared this crowning woe | B |
| Then broke the tyrant's stubborn will | N |
| He bade the people go | B |
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| They gathered up their flocks and herds | O |
| Rejoicing to be free | H |
| And going forth a mighty host | P |
| Encamped beside the sea | H |
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| Then Pharaoh's heart repented him | Q |
| He called a mighty force | R |
| And swiftly followed on their track | S |
| With chariot and with horse | R |
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| Then Israel's host were sore afraid | T |
| But God was on their side | A |
| And lo for them a way is cleft | U |
| The Red sea waves divide | A |
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| At God's command the restless waves | V |
| Obey the prophet's rod | W |
| And through the middle of the sea | H |
| The people marched dry shod | W |
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| But when the spoilers following close | X |
| Would hinder Israel's flight | K |
| The waters to their course return | Y |
| The parted waves unite | K |
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| And Pharaoh's host is swept away | Z |
| The chariots and the horse | R |
| And not a man is left alive | A2 |
| Of all that mighty force | R |
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| So in these days God looks from heaven | B2 |
| And marks his servants' woe | B |
| Hear ye his voice Break every yoke | C2 |
| And let my people go | B |
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| For them the Red sea waves divide | A |
| The streams with crimson flow | B |
| Therefore we mourn for our first born | D2 |
| Then let the people go | B |
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| They are not weak whom God befriends | E2 |
| He makes their cause His own | F2 |
| And they who fight against God's might | K |
| Shall surely be o'erthrown | F2 |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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