To Canaan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGFDHIH JKLKMNONDHBH PQDQARSRDHDH AASADTDTDHUH VWSWSDXDDHYH

A PURITAN WAR SONGA
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WHERE are you going soldiersB
With banner gun and swordC
We 're marching South to CanaanD
To battle for the LordC
What Captain leads your armiesE
Along the rebel coastsF
The Mighty One of IsraelG
His name is Lord of HostsF
To Canaan to CanaanD
The Lord has led us forthH
To blow before the heathen wallsI
The trumpets of the NorthH
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What flag is this you carryJ
Along the sea and shoreK
The same our grandsires lifted upL
The same our fathers boreK
In many a battle's tempestM
It shed the crimson rainN
What God has woven in his loomO
Let no man rend in twainN
To Canaan to CanaanD
The Lord has led us forthH
To plant upon the rebel towersB
The banners of the NorthH
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What troop is this that followsP
All armed with picks and spadesQ
These are the swarthy bondsmenD
The iron skin brigadesQ
They'll pile up Freedom's breastworkA
They 'LL scoop out rebels' gravesR
Who then will be their ownerS
And march them off for slavesR
To Canaan to CanaanD
The Lord has led us forthH
To strike upon the captive's chainD
The hammers of the NorthH
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What song is this you're singingA
The same that Israel sungA
When Moses led the mighty choirS
And Miriam's timbrel rungA
To Canaan To CanaanD
The priests and maidens criedT
To Canaan To CanaanD
The people's voice repliedT
To Canaan to CanaanD
The Lord has led us forthH
To thunder through its adder densU
The anthems of the NorthH
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When Canaan's hosts are scatteredV
And all her walls lie flatW
What follows next in orderS
The Lord will see to thatW
We'll break the tyrant's sceptreS
We 'll build the people's throneD
When half the world is Freedom'sX
Then all the world's our ownD
To Canaan to CanaanD
The Lord has led us forthH
To sweep the rebel threshing floorsY
A whirlwind from the NorthH

Oliver Wendell Holmes



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