The Crown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFGHII JKJLMN OPQPRS TDTDQQ| She had twelve stars for diadem | A |
| She had for footstool the full moon | B |
| Her quiet eyes outshining them | A |
| Kept memories of the night and noon | B |
| And the still moms at Nazareth | C |
| When in her arms the Child drew breath | D |
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| So safe so warm He slept by her | E |
| In her enfolding arms at peace | F |
| Her milky babe little and dear | G |
| And yet the Tree that should be His | H |
| Grew in the forest wide and high | I |
| Whose branches should fill all the sky | I |
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| He made twelve stars into her crown | J |
| And set the moon below her feet | K |
| He was King in Jerusalem Town | J |
| With twelve spines for His Coronet | L |
| To pierce the brain and blood and bone | M |
| Were made for Man's Redemption | N |
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| Oh when she answered Gabriel | O |
| With 'Be it done ' could she foresee | P |
| The high pangs that she took as well | Q |
| With Bethlehem should be Calvary | P |
| Or was that moment of high bliss | R |
| Born with sharp pangs fierce agonies | S |
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| Hath she beneath her Crown of Stars | T |
| Remembrance of the thorns wherewith | D |
| Her people crowned her Son What scars | T |
| Redder than roses in a wreath | D |
| Doth she wear in a coronal | Q |
| Under the lights that rise and fall | Q |
Katharine Tynan
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