Shine, Republic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKD LCJM JNHK OPQJ| The quality of these trees green height of the sky shining of | A |
| water a clear flow of the rock hardness | B |
| And reticence each is noble in its quality The love of freedom | C |
| has been the quality of Western man | D |
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| There is a stubborn torch that flames from Marathon to Concord | E |
| its dangerous beauty binding three ages | F |
| Into one time the waves of barbarism and civilization have | G |
| eclipsed but have never quenched it | H |
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| For the Greeks the love of beauty for Rome of ruling for the | I |
| present age the passionate love of discovery | J |
| But in one noble passion we are one and Washington Luther | K |
| Tacitus Aeschylus one kind of man | D |
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| And you America that passion made you You were not born | L |
| to prosperity you were born to love freedom | C |
| You did not say 'en masse ' you said 'independence ' But we | J |
| cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also | M |
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| Freedom is poor and laborious that torch is not safe but hungry | J |
| and often requires blood for its fuel | N |
| You will tame it against it burn too clearly you will hood it | H |
| like a kept hawk you will perch it on the wrist of Caesar | K |
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| But keep the tradition conserve the forms the observances keep | O |
| the spot sore Be great carve deep your heel marks | P |
| The states of the next age will no doubt remember you and edge | Q |
| their love of freedom with contempt of luxury | J |
Robinson Jeffers
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