The Second Crucifixion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DD EFEF GG HIJI AA CKBK LL MNMN OO| Loud mockers in the roaring street | A |
| Say Christ is crucified again | B |
| Twice pierced His gospel bearing feet | A |
| Twice broken His great heart in vain | C |
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| I hear and to myself I smile | D |
| For Christ talks with me all the while | D |
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| No angel now to roll the stone | E |
| From off His unawaking sleep | F |
| In vain shall Mary watch alone | E |
| In vain the soldiers vigil keep | F |
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| Yet while they deem my Lord is dead | G |
| My eyes are on His shining head | G |
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| Ah never more shall Mary hear | H |
| That voice exceeding sweet and low | I |
| Within the garden calling clear | J |
| Her Lord is gone and she must go | I |
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| Yet all the while my Lord I meet | A |
| In every London lane and street | A |
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| Poor Lazarus shall wait in vain | C |
| And Bartim us still go blind | K |
| The healing hem shall ne'er again | B |
| Be touch'd by suffering humankind | K |
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| Yet all the while I see them rest | L |
| The poor and outcast on His breast | L |
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| No more unto the stubborn heart | M |
| With gentle knocking shall He plead | N |
| No more the mystic pity start | M |
| For Christ twice dead is dead indeed | N |
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| So in the street I hear men say | O |
| Yet Christ is with me all the day | O |
Richard Le Gallienne
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