The Horses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEDEFGFGHIHIJKL KMNMN| 'Thus far horses have been shipped from the United States to the European belligerents ' | A |
| WHAT was our share in the sinning | B |
| That we must share the doom | C |
| Sweet was our life's beginning | B |
| In the spicy meadow bloom | C |
| With children's hands to pet us | D |
| And kindly tones to call | E |
| To day the red spurs fret us | D |
| Against the bayonet wall | E |
| What had we done our masters | F |
| That you sold us into hell | G |
| Our terrors and disasters | F |
| Have filled your pockets well | G |
| You feast on our starvation | H |
| Your laughter is our groan | I |
| Have horses then no nation | H |
| No country of their own | I |
| What are we we your horses | J |
| So loyal where we serve | K |
| Fashioned of noble forces | L |
| All sensitive with nerve | K |
| Torn agonized we wallow | M |
| On the blood bemired sod | N |
| And still the shiploads follow | M |
| Have horses then no God | N |
Katharine Lee Bates
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