The Outlaws Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFG HIHI JKLK MNMO PQPQ RSRS| A | |
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| Through learned and laborious years | B |
| They set themselves to find | C |
| Fresh terrors and undreamed of fears | B |
| To heap upon mankind | C |
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| ALl that they drew from Heaven above | D |
| Or digged from earth beneath | E |
| They laid into their treasure trove | F |
| And arsenals of death | G |
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| While for well weighed advantage sake | H |
| Ruler and ruled alike | I |
| Built up the faith they meant to break | H |
| When the fit hour should strike | I |
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| They traded with the careless earth | J |
| And good return it gave | K |
| They plotted by their neighbour's hearth | L |
| The means to make him slave | K |
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| When all was ready to their hand | M |
| They loosed their hidden sword | N |
| And utterly laid waste a land | M |
| Their oath was pledged to guard | O |
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| Coldly they went about to raise | P |
| To life and make more dread | Q |
| Abominations of old days | P |
| That men believed were dead | Q |
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| They paid the price to reach their goal | R |
| Across a world in flame | S |
| But their own hate slew their own soul | R |
| Before that victory came | S |
Rudyard Kipling
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