Revolutions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB BEBF GHGH| Before man parted for this earthly strand | A |
| While yet upon the verge of heaven he stood | B |
| God put a heap of letters in his hand | A |
| And bade him make with them what word he could | B |
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| And man has turn'd them many times made Greece | C |
| Rome England France yes nor in vain essay'd | B |
| Way after way changes that never cease | C |
| The letters have combined something was made | B |
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| But ah an inextinguishable sense | D |
| Haunts him that he has not made what he should | B |
| That he has still though old to recommence | D |
| Since he has not yet found the word God would | B |
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| And empire after empire at their height | B |
| Of sway have felt this boding sense come on | E |
| Have felt their huge frames not constructed right | B |
| And droop'd and slowly died upon their throne | F |
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| One day thou say'st there will at last appear | G |
| The word the order which God meant should be | H |
| Ah we shall know that well when it comes near | G |
| The band will quit man's heart he will breathe free | H |
Matthew Arnold
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