Italy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDCCEFGFFHIJIIJ AKAAKLALLA| ACROSS the sea I heard the groans | A |
| Of nations in the intervals | B |
| Of wind and wave Their blood and bones | A |
| Cried out in torture crushed by thrones | A |
| And sucked by priestly cannibals | A |
| I dreamed of Freedom slowly gained | C |
| By martyr meekness patience faith | D |
| And lo an athlete grimly stained | C |
| With corded muscles battle strained | C |
| Shouting it from the fields of death | E |
| I turn me awe struck from the sight | F |
| Among the clamoring thousands mute | G |
| I only know that God is right | F |
| And that the children of the light | F |
| Shall tread the darkness under foot | H |
| I know the pent fire heaves its crust | I |
| That sultry skies the bolt will form | J |
| To smite them clear that Nature must | I |
| The balance of her powers adjust | I |
| Though with the earthquake and the storm | J |
| God reigns and let the earth rejoice | A |
| I bow before His sterner plan | K |
| Dumb are the organs of my choice | A |
| He speaks in battle's stormy voice | A |
| His praise is in the wrath of man | K |
| Yet surely as He lives the day | L |
| Of peace He promised shall be ours | A |
| To fold the flags of war and lay | L |
| Its sword and spear to rust away | L |
| And sow its ghastly fields with flowers | A |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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