The Riders Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO LL PQ EE AA| RHEIMS is down in fire and smoke | A |
| The hour of God is at the stroke | A |
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| Round and round the ruined place | B |
| Jesu Mary give us grace | B |
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| There are two riders clad in mail | C |
| Silver as the moon pale | C |
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| One is tall as a knight's spear | D |
| The younger one is lowlier | D |
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| Small and slim and like a maid | E |
| Steeds and riders cast no shade | E |
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| Who are then these cavaliers | F |
| There was a sound as Heaven dropt tears | G |
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| Who are these that ride so light | H |
| Soundless in the flaming light | H |
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| Where Rheims burns that was given | I |
| By France to Mary Queen of Heaven | I |
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| O our Rheims our Rheims is down | J |
| Naught is left of her renown | J |
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| Hist what sound is in the breeze | K |
| Like the sighing of forest trees | K |
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| Or a great wind or an army | L |
| Or the waves of the wild sea | L |
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| The tall knight rides fierce and fast | M |
| To the sound of a trumpet blast | M |
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| The little knight in fire and flame | N |
| Slender and soft as a dame | N |
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| Rides and is not far behind | O |
| His long hair floats on the wind | O |
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| And ever the tramp of chivalry | L |
| Comes like the sound of the sea | L |
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| This is Michael rides abroad | P |
| Prince of the army of God | Q |
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| And this like a lily arrayed | E |
| Is Joan the blessed Maid | E |
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| Rheims is down in fire and smoke | A |
| And the hour of God's at the stroke | A |
Katharine Tynan
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