Song To The Men Of England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD AEEFG AHIJJ EKKLL EMMNN EOODD EPPEE EQQDD| I | A |
| Men of England wherefore plough | B |
| For the lords who lay ye low | C |
| Wherefore weave with toil and care | D |
| The rich robes your tyrants wear | D |
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| II | A |
| Wherefore feed and clothe and save | E |
| From the cradle to the grave | E |
| Those ungrateful drones who would | F |
| Drain your sweat nay drink your blood | G |
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| III | A |
| Wherefore Bees of England forge | H |
| Many a weapon chain and scourge | I |
| That these stingless drones may spoil | J |
| The forced produce of your toil | J |
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| IV | E |
| Have ye leisure comfort calm | K |
| Shelter food love's gentle balm | K |
| Or what is it ye buy so dear | L |
| With your pain and with your fear | L |
| - | |
| V | E |
| The seed ye sow another reaps | M |
| The wealth ye find another keeps | M |
| The robes ye weave another wears | N |
| The arms ye forge another bears | N |
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| VI | E |
| Sow seed but let no tyrant reap | O |
| Find wealth let no imposter heap | O |
| Weave robes let not the idle wear | D |
| Forge arms in your defence to bear | D |
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| VII | E |
| Shrink to your cellars holes and cells | P |
| In halls ye deck another dwells | P |
| Why shake the chains ye wrought Ye see | E |
| The steel ye tempered glance on ye | E |
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| VIII | E |
| With plough and spade and hoe and loom | Q |
| Trace your grave and build your tomb | Q |
| And weave your winding sheet till fair | D |
| England be your sepulchre | D |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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