The King Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB BDBDEB FGFGEB BHBHEB BGBGIB GGGBGG BJBJKK EBLBBB| quot Farewell Romance quot the Cave men said | A |
| quot With bone well carved he went away | B |
| Flint arms the ignoble arrowhead | A |
| And jasper tips the spear to day | B |
| Changed are the Gods of Hunt and Dance | C |
| And he with these Farewell Romance quot | B |
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| quot Farewell Romance quot the Lake folk sighed | B |
| quot We lift the weight of flatling years | D |
| The caverns of the mountain side | B |
| Hold him who scorns our hutted piers | D |
| Lost hills whereby we dare not dwell | E |
| Guard ye his rest Romance farewell quot | B |
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| quot Farewell Romance quot the Soldier spoke | F |
| quot By sleight of sword we may not win | G |
| But scuffle 'mid uncleanly smoke | F |
| Of arquebus and culverin | G |
| Honour is lost and none may tell | E |
| Who paid good blows Romance farewell quot | B |
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| quot Farewell Romance quot the Traders cried | B |
| Our keels ha' lain with every sea | H |
| The dull returning wind and tide | B |
| Heave up the wharf where we would be | H |
| The known and noted breezes swell | E |
| Our trudging sail Romance farewell quot | B |
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| quot Good bye Romance quot the Skipper said | B |
| quot He vanished with the coal we burn | G |
| Our dial marks full steam ahead | B |
| Our speed is timed to half a turn | G |
| Sure as the ferried barge we ply | I |
| 'Twixt port and port Romance good bye quot | B |
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| quot Romance quot the season tickets mourn | G |
| quot He never ran to catch his train | G |
| But passed with coach and guard and horn | G |
| And left the local late again quot | B |
| Confound Romance And all unseen | G |
| Romance brought up the nine fifteen | G |
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| His hand was on the lever laid | B |
| His oil can soothed the worrying cranks | J |
| His whistle waked the snowbound grade | B |
| His fog horn cut the reeking Banks | J |
| By dock and deep and mine and mill | K |
| The Boy god reckless laboured still | K |
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| Robed crowned and throned he wove his spell | E |
| Where heart blood beat or hearth smoke curled | B |
| With unconsidered miracle | L |
| Hedged in a backward gazing world | B |
| Then taught his chosen bard to say | B |
| quot Our King was with us yesterday quot | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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