The Survival Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIJK LMLM NONO| Securely after days | A |
| Unnumbered I behold | B |
| Kings mourn that promised praise | A |
| Their cheating bars foretold | B |
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| Of earth constructing Wars | C |
| Of Princes passed in chains | D |
| Of deeds out shining stars | E |
| No word or voice remains | D |
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| Yet furthest times receive | F |
| And to fresh praise restore | G |
| Mere breath of flutes at eve | F |
| Mere seaweed on the shore | G |
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| A smoke of sacrifice | H |
| A chosen myrtle wreath | I |
| An harlot's altered eyes | J |
| A rage 'gainst love or death | K |
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| Glazed snow beneath the moon | L |
| The surge of storm bowed trees | M |
| The Caesars perished soon | L |
| And Rome Herself But these | M |
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| Endure while Empires fall | N |
| And Gods for Gods make room | O |
| Which greater God than all | N |
| Imposed the amazing doom | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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