To William Lloyd Garrison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJKJK LMLNOPOPBQBQRSTSCUVU WXWYZA2ZA2| CHAMPION of those who groan beneath | A |
| Oppression's iron hand | B |
| In view of penury hate and death | C |
| I see thee fearless stand | B |
| Still bearing up thy lofty brow | D |
| In the steadfast strength of truth | E |
| In manhood sealing well the vow | D |
| And promise of thy youth | E |
| Go on for thou hast chosen well | F |
| On in the strength of God | G |
| Long as one human heart shall swell | F |
| Beneath the tyrant's rod | G |
| Speak in a slumbering nation's ear | H |
| As thou hast ever spoken | I |
| Until the dead in sin shall hear | H |
| The fetter's link be broken | I |
| I love thee with a brother's love | J |
| I feel my pulses thrill | K |
| To mark thy Spirit soar above | J |
| The cloud of human ill | K |
| My heart hath leaped to answer thine | L |
| And echo back thy words | M |
| As leaps the warrior's at the shine | L |
| And flash of kindred swords | N |
| They tell me thou art rash and vain | O |
| A searcher after fame | P |
| That thou art striving but to gain | O |
| A long enduring name | P |
| That thou hast nerved the Afric's hand | B |
| And steeled the Afric's heart | Q |
| To shake aloft his vengeful brand | B |
| And rend his chain apart | Q |
| Have I not known thee well and read | R |
| Thy mighty purpose long | S |
| And watched the trials which have made | T |
| Thy human spirit strong | S |
| And shall the slanderer's demon breath | C |
| Avail with one like me | U |
| To dim the sunshine of my faith | V |
| And earnest trust in thee | U |
| Go on the dagger's point may glare | W |
| Amid thy pathway's gloom | X |
| The fate which sternly threatens there | W |
| Is glorious martyrdom | Y |
| Then onward with a martyr's zeal | Z |
| And wait thy sure reward | A2 |
| When man to man no more shall kneel | Z |
| And God alone be Lord | A2 |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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