The Iron Cross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACBBCDBBDEBBEFBBF GBBGHBBIJBBJKBBLABBA| THEY pass with heavy eyes and hair | A |
| Before the Christ upon the Cross | B |
| The Nations stricken with their loss | B |
| And lifting faces of despair | A |
| What is the prayer they pray to Him | C |
| Christ Jesus on the Iron Cross | B |
| The Christ neglected dark with moss | B |
| Whose hands are pierced whose face is grim | C |
| Is it forgiveness for great sin | D |
| They plead before the Iron Cross | B |
| Or for some gift of gold or dross | B |
| Or battle lost that they would win | D |
| With eyes where hate and horror meet | E |
| They pass before the Iron Cross | B |
| The Cross that ancient words emboss | B |
| Where hangs the Christ with nail pierced feet | E |
| His hair is fallen on his face | F |
| His head hangs sidewise from the Cross | B |
| The Crucified who knows all loss | B |
| And had on Earth no resting place | F |
| 'O world of men ' he seems to say | G |
| 'Behold me on your Iron Cross | B |
| To me why kneel and tell your loss | B |
| Why kneel to me and weep and pray | G |
| 'Have I not taught you to forgive | H |
| And bade you from my Iron Cross | B |
| Believe and bear your grief and loss | B |
| That after death you too may live | I |
| 'You have not followed at my call | J |
| You keep me on this Iron Cross | B |
| And pray me keep you from all loss | B |
| And save and comfort you withal | J |
| 'You ask for love and hate the more | K |
| You keep me on this Iron Cross | B |
| Restore to me my greater loss | B |
| The brotherhood of rich and poor ' | L |
| They pass with weary eyes and hair | A |
| Before the Christ upon the Cross | B |
| The Nations wailing of their loss | B |
| And lifting faces of despair | A |
Madison Julius Cawein
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