An Appeal For Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCEFGF HIHIJKJK LMLMNON PQPQARAR SESETUTU| 'While stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand | A |
| When falls the Coliseum Rome shall fall ' | B |
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| FULL sevenscore years our city's pride | C |
| The comely Southern spire | D |
| Has cast its shadow and defied | C |
| The storm the foe the fire | E |
| Sad is the sight our eyes behold | F |
| Woe to the three hilled town | G |
| When through the land the tale is told | F |
| 'The brave 'Old South' is down ' | - |
| - | |
| Let darkness blot the starless dawn | H |
| That hears our children tell | I |
| 'Here rose the walls now wrecked and gone | H |
| Our fathers loved so well | I |
| Here while his brethren stood aloof | J |
| The herald's blast was blown | K |
| That shook St Stephen's pillared roof | J |
| And rocked King George's throne | K |
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| 'The home bound wanderer of the main | L |
| Looked from his deck afar | M |
| To where the gilded glittering vane | L |
| Shone like the evening star | M |
| And pilgrim feet from every clime | N |
| The floor with reverence trod | O |
| Where holy memories made sublime | N |
| The shrine of Freedom's God ' | - |
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| The darkened skies alas have seen | P |
| Our monarch tree laid low | Q |
| And spread in ruins o'er the green | P |
| But Nature struck the blow | Q |
| No scheming thrift its downfall planned | A |
| It felt no edge of steel | R |
| No soulless hireling raised his hand | A |
| The deadly stroke to deal | R |
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| In bridal garlands pale and mute | S |
| Still pleads the storied tower | E |
| These are the blossoms but the fruit | S |
| Awaits the golden shower | E |
| The spire still greets the morning sun | T |
| Say shall it stand or fall | U |
| Help ere the spoiler has begun | T |
| Help each and God help all | U |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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