In Equal Sacrifice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDC EEFE GGHG IIJI KKLK MMNM FFOF PPQP CCRC| Thus of old the Douglas did | A |
| He left his land as he was bid | A |
| With the royal heart of Robert the Bruce | B |
| In a golden case with a golden lid | A |
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| To carry the same to the Holy Land | C |
| By which we see and understand | C |
| That that was the place to carry a heart | D |
| At loyalty and love s command | C |
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| And that was the case to carry it in | E |
| The Douglas had not far to win | E |
| Before he came to the land of Spain | F |
| Where long a holy war had been | E |
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| Against the too victorious Moor | G |
| And there his courage could not endure | G |
| Not to strike a blow for God | H |
| Before he made his errand sure | G |
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| And ever it was intended so | I |
| That a man for God should strike a blow | I |
| No matter the heart he has in charge | J |
| For the Holy Land where hearts should go | I |
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| But when in battle the foe were met | K |
| The Douglas found him sore beset | K |
| With only strength of the fighting arm | L |
| For one more battle passage yet | K |
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| And that as vain to save the day | M |
| As bring his body safe away | M |
| Only a signal deed to do | N |
| And a last sounding word to say | M |
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| The heart he wore in a golden chain | F |
| He swung and flung forth into the plain | F |
| And followed it crying 'Heart or death | O |
| And fighting over it perished fain | F |
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| So may another do of right | P |
| Give a heart to the hopeless fight | P |
| The more of right the more he loves | Q |
| So may another redouble might | P |
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| For a few swift gleams of the angry brand | C |
| Scorning greatly not to demand | C |
| In equal sacrifice with his | R |
| The heart he bore to the Holy Land | C |
Robert Frost
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