Beat! Beat! Drums! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGB BHIJEKB BJLJMMB| A | |
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| Beat beat drums Blow bugles blow | B |
| Through the windows through doors burst like a ruthless force | C |
| Into the solemn church and scatter the congregation | D |
| Into the school where the scholar is studying | E |
| Leave not the bridegroom quiet no happiness must he have now with his bride | F |
| Nor the peaceful farmer any peace plowing his field or gathering his grain | G |
| So fierce you whirr and pound you drums so shrill you bugles blow | B |
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| Beat beat drums Blow bugles blow | B |
| Over the traffic of cities over the rumble of wheels in the streets | H |
| Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses No sleepers must sleep in those beds | I |
| No bargainers' bargains by day no brokers or speculators Would they continue | J |
| Would the talkers be talking would the singer attempt to sing | E |
| Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge | K |
| Then rattle quicker heavier drums you bugles wilder blow | B |
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| Beat beat drums Blow bugles blow | B |
| Make no parley stop for no expostulation | J |
| Mind not the timid mind not the weeper or prayer | L |
| Mind not the old man beseeching the young man | J |
| Let not the child's voice be heard nor the mother's entreaties | M |
| Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses | M |
| So strong you thump O terrible drums so loud you bugles blow | B |
Walt Whitman
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