Lincoln Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIJKK| Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound | A |
| And all her ways were filled with clam'rous sound | A |
| Wailed loud the South with unremitting grief | B |
| And wept the North that could not find relief | B |
| Then madness joined its harshest tone to strife | C |
| A minor note swelled in the song of life | C |
| 'Till stirring with the love that filled his breast | D |
| But still unflinching at the right's behest | D |
| Grave Lincoln came strong handed from afar | E |
| The mighty Homer of the lyre of war | F |
| 'T was he who bade the raging tempest cease | G |
| Wrenched from his harp the harmony of peace | G |
| Muted the strings that made the discord Wrong | H |
| And gave his spirit up in thund'rous song | H |
| Oh mighty Master of the mighty lyre | I |
| Earth heard and trembled at thy strains of fire | J |
| Earth learned of thee what Heav'n already knew | K |
| And wrote thee down among her treasured few | K |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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