Over The Carnage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCD DEF GH IJHF BK JHJGL HM GNO| OVER the carnage rose prophetic a voice | A |
| Be not dishearten'd Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom | B |
| yet | C |
| Those who love each other shall become invincible they shall yet | C |
| make Columbia victorious | D |
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| Sons of the Mother of All you shall yet be victorious | D |
| You shall yet laugh to scorn the attacks of all the remainder of the | E |
| earth | F |
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| No danger shall balk Columbia's lovers | G |
| If need be a thousand shall sternly immolate themselves for one | H |
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| One from Massachusetts shall be a Missourian's comrade | I |
| From Maine and from hot Carolina and another an Oregonese shall be | J |
| friends triune | H |
| More precious to each other than all the riches of the earth | F |
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| To Michigan Florida perfumes shall tenderly come | B |
| Not the perfumes of flowers but sweeter and wafted beyond death | K |
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| It shall be customary in the houses and streets to see manly | J |
| affection | H |
| The most dauntless and rude shall touch face to face lightly | J |
| The dependence of Liberty shall be lovers | G |
| The continuance of Equality shall be comrades | L |
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| These shall tie you and band you stronger than hoops of iron | H |
| I extatic O partners O lands with the love of lovers tie you | M |
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| Were you looking to be held together by the lawyers | G |
| Or by an agreement on a paper or by arms | N |
| Nay nor the world nor any living thing will so cohere | O |
Walt Whitman
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