Rebel Hearts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB HIHI JKJK LFLF| An outcry in the bush below | A |
| A crash and boughs that sway | B |
| And shouts of laughter let me know | A |
| Where my two ruffians play | B |
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| Barelegged bareheaded brown and free | C |
| They lurk and prowl and spring | D |
| Like tiger cubs they disagree | C |
| Like honeysuckers sing | D |
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| For in their hearts are echoes yet | E |
| From ages when they knew | F |
| The caves of green they now forget | E |
| Though there they climbed or flew | F |
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| No cage set limits to their pace | G |
| They held the hunt at bay | B |
| And in their careless mien I trace | G |
| The savage mood to day | B |
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| They'll take no tidal drift nor lie | H |
| And rot like souls of mud | I |
| For sullen lip and flashing eye | H |
| Betray the rebel blood | I |
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| Go flout the law your hearts disdain | J |
| Your foes are well arrayed | K |
| And take for guerdon love and pain | J |
| And triumph unafraid | K |
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| In jungles where the night imparts | L |
| Her secret lore to you | F |
| Lie still and listen to your hearts | L |
| Be true my sons be true | F |
John Le Gay Brereton
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