Robert Gould Shaw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDCDCD| Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate | A |
| Should call thee studious from the classic groves | B |
| Where calm eyed Pallas with still footstep roves | B |
| And charge thee seek the turmoil of the state | A |
| What bade thee hear the voice and rise elate | A |
| Leave home and kindred and thy spicy loaves | B |
| To lead th' unlettered and despised droves | B |
| To manhood's home and thunder at the gate | A |
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| Far better the slow blaze of Learning's light | C |
| The cool and quiet of her dearer fane | D |
| Than this hot terror of a hopeless fight | C |
| This cold endurance of the final pain | D |
| Since thou and those who with thee died for right | C |
| Have died the Present teaches but in vain | D |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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