To The Belgians Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE G H G H IJIK LMLM| Yet when the challenge rang | A |
| ' The War Lord comes give room ' | B |
| Fearless to arms you sprang | A |
| Against the odds of doom | C |
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| Like your own Damian | D |
| Who sought that lepers' isle | E |
| To die a simple man | F |
| For men with tranquil smile | E |
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| So strong in faith you dared | G |
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| Defy the giant scorn | H |
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| Ignobly to be spared | G |
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| Though trampled spoiled and torn | H |
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| And in your faith arose | I |
| And smote and smote again | J |
| Till those astonished foes | I |
| Reeled from their mounds of slain | K |
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| The faith that the free soul | L |
| Untaught by force to quail | M |
| Through fire and dirge and dole | L |
| Prevails and shall prevail | M |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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