Romulus And Remus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLM NINOCanadian | A |
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Oh little did the Wolf Child care | B |
When first he planned his home | C |
What City should arise and bear | B |
The weight and state of Rome | C |
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A shiftless westward wandering tramp | D |
Checked by the Tiber flood | E |
He reared a wall around his camp | D |
Of uninspired mud | E |
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But when his brother leaped the Wall | F |
And mocked its height and make | G |
He guessed the future of it all | F |
And slew him for its sake | G |
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Swift was the blow swift as the thought | H |
Which showed him in that hour | I |
How unbelief may bring to naught | H |
The early steps of Power | I |
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Foreseeing Time's imperilled hopes | J |
Of Glory Grace and Love | K |
All singers Caesars artists Popes | L |
Would fail if Remus throve | M |
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He sent his brother to the Gods | N |
And when the fit was o'er | I |
Went on collecting turves and clods | N |
To build the Wall once more | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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