The Rhyme Of The Beast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIJ KLML NONO APAP QRQR BSBS| Lo the Beast that rioteth | A |
| Sick with hate and coveting | B |
| To the sons of men he saith | A |
| I will show you a new thing | B |
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| This the Earth which was the Lord's | C |
| Prodigal of rose and vine | D |
| I will desolate with swords | C |
| Till it own that it is mine | D |
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| Every brow must bear my brand | E |
| Every wrist must wear my steel | F |
| Every throat be for my hand | E |
| Every neck be for my heel | F |
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| I will thrust into your souls | G |
| Unnamed terrors and despairs | H |
| Populate the air with ghouls | I |
| And the sea with murderers | J |
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| While I prove that war is war | K |
| Saints shall mourn and angels weep | L |
| Star commiserate with star | M |
| Deep cry out to shuddering deep | L |
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| Tigers marvel in their lust | N |
| At the tale of blood and pain | O |
| Pity move the insensate dust | N |
| And the very stones complain | O |
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| I will twist the tongue of Truth | A |
| Till her speech be nought but lies | P |
| I will kill the faith of Youth | A |
| And the hope in Age's eyes | P |
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| Not the altar nor the tomb | Q |
| Nor the Sufferer on the Tree | R |
| Nor the babe within the womb | Q |
| Shall be sacred unto me | R |
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| I will rend and rage and cog | B |
| Rob and ravish till I die | S |
| I will be the Supreme Hog | B |
| And the world shall be my sty | S |
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland
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