The Kings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDAD AEFE GCHC FIJI FKLK MMNO APFP FQJQ| A man said unto his Angel | A |
| My spirits are fallen low | B |
| And I cannot carry this battle | A |
| O brother where might I go | B |
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| The terrible Kings are on me | C |
| With spears that are deadly bright | D |
| Against me so from the cradle | A |
| Do fate and my fathers fight | D |
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| Then said to the man his Angel | A |
| Thou wavering witless soul | E |
| Back to the ranks What matter | F |
| To win or to lose the whole | E |
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| As judged by the little judges | G |
| Who hearken not well nor see | C |
| Not thus by the outer issue | H |
| The Wise shall interpret thee | C |
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| Thy will is the sovereign measure | F |
| And only events of things | I |
| The puniest heart defying | J |
| Were stronger than all these Kings | I |
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| Though out of the past they gather | F |
| Mind's Doubt and Bodily Pain | K |
| And pallid Thirst of the Spirit | L |
| That is kin to the other twain | K |
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| And Grief in a cloud of banners | M |
| And ringletted Vain Desires | M |
| And Vice with the spoils upon him | N |
| Of thee and thy beaten sires | O |
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| While Kings of eternal evil | A |
| Yet darken the hills about | P |
| Thy part is with broken sabre | F |
| To rise on the last redoubt | P |
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| To fear not sensible failure | F |
| Nor covet the game at all | Q |
| But fighting fighting fighting | J |
| Die driven against the wall | Q |
Louise Imogen Guiney
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