To Ronge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABDEDEFFGGHHIIJJ KKLMHMNNOPO| Strike home strong hearted man Down to the root | A |
| Of old oppression sink the Saxon steel | B |
| Thy work is to hew down In God's name then | C |
| Put nerve into thy task Let other men | C |
| Plant as they may that better tree whose fruit | A |
| The wounded bosom of the Church shall heal | B |
| Be thou the image breaker Let thy blows | D |
| Fall heavy as the Suabian's iron hand | E |
| On crown or crosier which shall interpose | D |
| Between thee and the weal of Fatherland | E |
| Leave creeds to closet idlers First of all | F |
| Shake thou all German dream land with the fall | F |
| Of that accursed tree whose evil trunk | G |
| Was spared of old by Erfurt's stalwart monk | G |
| Fight not with ghosts and shadows Let us hear | H |
| The snap of chain links Let our gladdened ear | H |
| Catch the pale prisoner's welcome as the light | I |
| Follows thy axe stroke through his cell of night | I |
| Be faithful to both worlds nor think to feed | J |
| Earth's starving millions with the husks of creed | J |
| Servant of Him whose mission high and holy | K |
| Was to the wronged the sorrowing and the lowly | K |
| Thrust not his Eden promise from our sphere | L |
| Distant and dim beyond the blue sky's span | M |
| Like him of Patmos see it now and here | H |
| The New Jerusalem comes down to man | M |
| Be warned by Luther's error Nor like him | N |
| When the roused Teuton dashes from his limb | N |
| The rusted chain of ages help to bind | O |
| His hands for whom thou claim'st the freedom of | P |
| the mind | O |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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