Babushka Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAAAACCAAAAAADDBB AAAATHOU whose sunny heart outglows | A |
Arctic snows | A |
Russia's hearth fire cherishing | B |
Courage almost perishing | B |
Torch that beacons oversea | A |
Till a world is at thy knee | A |
Babushka the Belov d | A |
What Czar can exile thee | A |
Sweet serene unswerving soul | C |
To thy goal | C |
Pressing on such mighty pinions | A |
Tyrants quake for their dominions | A |
And devise yet heavier key | A |
Deeper cell to prison thee | A |
Babushka the Belov d | A |
Thyself art Liberty | A |
Though thy martyr body old | D |
Chains may hold | D |
Clearer still thy voice goes ringing | B |
Over steppe and mountain bringing | B |
Holy mother of the free | A |
Millions more thy sons to be | A |
Babushka the Belov d | A |
What death can silence thee | A |
Katharine Lee Bates
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