The Beginnings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGBB| It was not part of their blood | A |
| It came to them very late | B |
| With long arrears to make good | C |
| When the English began to hate | B |
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| They were not easily moved | D |
| They were icy willing to wait | B |
| Till every count should be proved | D |
| Ere the English began to hate | B |
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| Their voices were even and low | E |
| Their eyes were level and straight | B |
| There was neither sign nor show | E |
| When the English began to hate | B |
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| It was not preached to the crowd | F |
| It was not taught by the State | B |
| No man spoke it aloud | F |
| When the English began to hate | B |
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| It was not suddenly bred | G |
| It will not swiftly abate | B |
| Through the chill years ahead | G |
| When Time shall count from the date | B |
| That the English began to hate | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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