Retribution Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADAD AEAF AAAA GHGH AAAA AHA IJIJ KLKL MNMN OLO PQPQ RSRR PTPT| When Egypt said 'Exterminate | A |
| The males among the Jews | B |
| Fair Goshen's land make desolate | A |
| And bid them glad adieus ' | C |
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| The darkest hour then was brought | A |
| Upon their slavery | D |
| But God came down with Egypt fought | A |
| And made the bondsmen free | D |
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| No means of peace within the bout | A |
| Could pay the price 'tis plain | E |
| The measure they had meted out | A |
| Was measured back again | F |
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| For blood of Hebrews had been spilt | A |
| And justice did demand | A |
| Egyptian blood to cleanse the guilt | A |
| The firstborn of the land | A |
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| America how canst thou tell | G |
| Thy tale of bondage sore | H |
| How blood as rain from Negroes fell | G |
| Till many were no more | H |
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| The blood of Negroes cried so loud | A |
| For vengeance from the ground | A |
| Till clouds of sorrow wept and bowed | A |
| And heaven's anger frowned | A |
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| No peaceful means 'tis understood | A |
| Could end the dread affray | H |
| For justice cried 'Slave owners' blood | A |
| In war the debt shall pay ' | - |
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| The Negroes of the country now | I |
| Are held in open scorn | J |
| To other peoples forced to bow | I |
| Though often higher born | J |
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| To lynch a Negro is no crime | K |
| The courts of justice say | L |
| And so 'tis done at any time | K |
| A mob may set a day | L |
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| The night is darkest near the dawn | M |
| The voice of nature speaks | N |
| The blood that's from the Negroes drawn | M |
| A retribution seeks | N |
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| 'Revenge is mine I will repay ' | - |
| The God of right declares | O |
| The savage mob with regal sway | L |
| A nation's curse prepares | O |
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| America a warning take | P |
| Repent forsake the wrong | Q |
| Thine evil ways at once forsake | P |
| Thy time cannot be long | Q |
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| The morning star begins to rise | R |
| The darkest night dispels | S |
| Its ray of hope illumes the skies | R |
| And precious dawn foretells | R |
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| America rouse up awake | P |
| For God is living still | T |
| Who will of wrong a sample make | P |
| When sin has drunk its fill | T |
Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
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