The Sack Of The Gods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFBB GGHH IJBB KK| Strangers drawn from the ends of the earth jewelled and plumed were we | A |
| I was Lord of the Inca race and she was Queen of the Sea | A |
| Under the stars beyond our stars where the new forged meteors glow | B |
| Hotly we stormed Valhalla a million years ago | B |
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| Ever 'neath high Valhalla Hall the well tuned horns begin | C |
| When the swords are out in the underworld and the weary Gods come in | C |
| Ever through high Valhalla Gate the Patient Angel goes | D |
| He opens the eyes that are blind with hate he joins the hands of foes | D |
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| Dust of the stars was under our feet glitter of stars above | E |
| Wrecks of our wrath dropped reeling down as we fought and we spurned and we strove | F |
| Worlds upon worlds we tossed aside and scattered them to and fro | B |
| The night that we stormed Valhalla a million years ago | B |
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| They are forgiven as they forgive all those dark wounds and deep | G |
| Their beds are made on the Lap of Time and they lie down and sleep | G |
| They are forgiven as they forgive all those old wounds that bleed | H |
| They shut their eyes from their worshippers they sleep till the world has need | H |
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| She with the star I had marked for my own I with my set desire | I |
| Lost in the loom of the Night of Nights lighted by worlds afire | J |
| Met in a war against the Gods where the headlong meteors glow | B |
| Hewing our way to Valhalla a million years ago | B |
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| They will come back come back again as long as the red Earth rolls | K |
| He never wasted a leaf or a tree Do you think He would squander souls | K |
Rudyard Kipling
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