Under Which King . . . ? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFG HHIIJJKKAALL| The fight I loved the good old fight | A |
| Was clear as day 'twixt Might and Right | A |
| Satrap and slave on either hand | B |
| Tiller and tyrant of the land | B |
| One delved the earth the other trod | C |
| The writhing worm the thundering god | C |
| Lords of an earth they deemed their own | D |
| The tyrants laughed from throne to throne | D |
| Scattered the gold and spilled the wine | E |
| And deemed their foolish dust divine | E |
| While 'neath their heel sublimely strove | F |
| The martyred hosts of Human Love | G |
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| Such was the fight I dreamed of old | H |
| 'Twixt Labour and the Lords of Gold | H |
| I deemed all evil in the king | I |
| In Demos every lovely thing | I |
| But now I see the battle set | J |
| Albeit the same old banners yet | J |
| With no clear issue to decide | K |
| With Right and Might on either side | K |
| Yet small the rumour is of Right | A |
| But the bared arms of Might and Might | A |
| Brandish across the hate filled lands | L |
| With blood alike on both their hands | L |
Richard Le Gallienne
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