The Wail Of Two Cities Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDC EFEEFE DGDDGD BFEEF A DHIAH BJBBJ EKBBK LBEEB BMEEM| Chicago October | A |
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| GAUNT in the midst of the prairie | B |
| She who was once so fair | C |
| Charred and rent are her garments | D |
| Heavy and dark like cerements | D |
| Silent but round her the air | C |
| Plaintively wails 'Miserere ' | - |
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| Proud like a beautiful maiden | E |
| Art like from forehead to feet | F |
| Was she till pressed like a leman | E |
| Close to the breast of the demon | E |
| Lusting for one so sweet | F |
| So were her shoulders laden | E |
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| Friends she had rich in her treasures | D |
| Shall the old taunt be true | G |
| Fallen they turn their cold faces | D |
| Seeking new wealth gilded places | D |
| Saying we never knew | G |
| Aught of her smiles or her pleasures | D |
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| Silent she stands on the prairie | B |
| Wrapped in her fire scathed sheet | F |
| Around her thank God is the Nation | E |
| Weeping for her desolation | E |
| Pouring its gold at her feet | F |
| Answering her 'Miserere ' | - |
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| Boston November | A |
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| O broad breasted Queen among Nations | D |
| O Mother so strong in thy youth | H |
| Has the Lord looked upon thee in ire | I |
| And willed thou be chastened by fire | A |
| Without any ruth | H |
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| Has the Merciful tired of His mercy | B |
| And turned from thy sinning in wrath | J |
| That the world with raised hand sees and pities | B |
| Thy desolate daughters thy cities | B |
| Despoiled on their path | J |
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| One year since thy youngest was stricken | E |
| Thy eldest lies stricken to day | K |
| Ah God was thy wrath without pity | B |
| To tear the strong heart from our city | B |
| And cast it away | K |
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| O Father forgive us our doubting | L |
| The stain from our weak souls efface | B |
| Thou rebukest we know but to chasten | E |
| Thy hand has but fallen to hasten | E |
| Return to thy grace | B |
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| Let us rise purified from our ashes | B |
| As sinners have risen who grieved | M |
| Let us show that twice sent desolation | E |
| On every true heart in the nation | E |
| Has conquest achieved | M |
John Boyle O'reilly
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