Equality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HIHJCC KLKLMM NOOOPP QRQRSS TUTUVV WXWXYY| The Elders of the Tribe were grouped | A |
| And squatted in the Council Cave | B |
| They seemed to be extremely pooped | A |
| And some were grim but all were grave | B |
| The subject of their big To do | C |
| Was axe man Chow the son of Choo | C |
| - | |
| Then up spoke Tribal Wiseman Waw | D |
| Brothers today I talk to grieve | E |
| As an upholder of the Law | F |
| You know how deeply we believe | E |
| In Liberty Fraternity | G |
| And likewise Equality | G |
| - | |
| A chipper of the flint am I | H |
| I make the weapons that you use | I |
| And though to hunt I never try | H |
| To bow to hunters I refuse | J |
| But stalwart Chow the son of Choo | C |
| Is equal to us any two | C |
| - | |
| He is the warrior supreme | K |
| The Super caveman one might say | L |
| The pride of youth the maiden's dream | K |
| And in the chase the first to slay | L |
| Where we are stunted he is tall | M |
| In short a menace to us all | M |
| - | |
| He struts with throwing stone and spear | N |
| And is he not the first to wear | O |
| Around his waist with bully leer | O |
| The pelt of wolf and baby bear | O |
| Admitting that he made the kill | P |
| Why should he so exploit his skill | P |
| - | |
| Comrades grave counsel we must take | Q |
| And as he struts with jest and jibe | R |
| Let us act swiftly lest he make | Q |
| Himself Dictator of our Tribe | R |
| The Gods have built him on their plan | S |
| Let us reduce him to a man | S |
| - | |
| And so they seized him in the night | T |
| And on the sacrificial stone | U |
| The axe men of the Tribe did smite | T |
| Until one limb he ceased to own | U |
| There They had equalized the odds | V |
| Foiling unfairness of the Gods | V |
| - | |
| So Chow has lost his throwing arm | W |
| And goes around like every one | X |
| No longer does he threaten harm | W |
| And tribal justice has been done | X |
| For men are equal let us seek | Y |
| To grade the Strong down to the weak | Y |
Robert Service
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