To Russia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDEE FGGFHHEE IJJIHHEEWho tamed your lawless Tartar blood | A |
What David bearded in her den | B |
The Russian bear in ages when | B |
You strode your black unbridled stud | A |
A skin clad savage of your steppes | C |
Why one who now sits low and weeps | D |
Why one who now wails out to you | E |
The Jew the Jew the homeless Jew | E |
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Who girt the thews of your young prime | F |
And bound your fierce divided force | G |
Why who but Moses shaped your course | G |
United down the grooves of time | F |
Your mighty millions all to day | H |
The hated homeless Jew obey | H |
Who taught all poetry to you | E |
The Jew the Jew the hated Jew | E |
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Who taught you tender Bible tales | I |
Of honey lands of milk and wine | J |
Of happy peaceful Palestine | J |
Of Jordan's holy harvest vales | I |
Who gave the patient Christ I say | H |
Who gave your Christian creed Yea yea | H |
Who gave your very God to you | E |
Your Jew Your Jew Your hated Jew | E |
Joaquin Miller
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