Together Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBBDDBB EEBB FFGBWhere Horse and Rider each can trust the other everywhere | A |
It takes a fence and more than a fence to pound that happy pair | A |
For the one will do what the other demands although he is beaten and blown | B |
And when it is done they can live through a run that neither could face alone | B |
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When Crew and Captain understand each other to the core | C |
It takes a gale and more than a gale to put their ship ashore | C |
For the one will do what the other commands although they chilled to the bone | B |
And both together can live through weather that neither could face alone | B |
When King and People understand each other past a doubt | D |
It takes a foe and more than a foe to knock that country out | D |
For the one will do what the other required as soon as the need is shown | B |
And hand in hand they can make a stand which neither could make alone | B |
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This wisdom had Elizabeth and all her subjects too | E |
For she was theirs and they were hers as well the Spaniard knew | E |
For when his grim Armada came to conquer the Nation and Throne | B |
Why back to back they met an attack that neither could face alone | B |
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It is nor wealth nor talk nor trade nor schools nor even the Vote | F |
Will save your land when the enemy's hand is tightening round your throat | F |
But a King and a People who thoroughly trust each other in all that is done | G |
Can sleep on their bed without any dread for the world will leave 'em alone | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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