Luna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL BMNO PQRM STUV WXYT ZDA2B B2B2C2K B2D2B2E2| O France although you sleep | A |
| We call you we the forbidden | B |
| The shadows have ears | C |
| And the depths have cries | D |
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| Bitter glory less despotism | E |
| Over a discouraged people | F |
| Closes a black thick grate | G |
| Of error and prejudice | H |
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| It locks up the loyal swarm | I |
| Of firm thinkers of heroes | J |
| But the Idea with the flap of a wing | K |
| Will part the heavy bars | L |
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| And as in ninety one | B |
| Will retake sovereign flight | M |
| For breaking apart a cage of bronze | N |
| Is easy for bronze bird | O |
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| Darkness covers the world | P |
| But the Idea illuminates and shines | Q |
| With its white brightness it floods | R |
| The dark blues of the night | M |
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| It is the solitary lantern | S |
| The providential ray | T |
| It is the lamp of the earth | U |
| That cannot help but light the sky | V |
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| It calms the suffering soul | W |
| Guides life puts the dead to rest | X |
| It shows the mean the gulf | Y |
| It shows the just the way | T |
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| In seeing in the dark mist | Z |
| The Idea love of sad eyes | D |
| Rise calm serene and pure | A2 |
| On the mysterious horizon | B |
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| Fanaticism and hatred | B2 |
| Roar before each threshhold | B2 |
| As obscene hounds howl | C2 |
| When appears the moon in mourning | K |
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| Oh Think of the mighty Idea | B2 |
| Nations its superhuman brow | D2 |
| Has upon it from now on the light | B2 |
| That will show the way to tomorrow | E2 |
Victor Marie Hugo
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