Jerico Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA AACCAA AADDAA AAEEAA AAFFAA AGGAAA| Jerico Jerico | A |
| Round and round the walls I go | A |
| Where they watch with scornful eyes | B |
| Where the captained bastions rise | B |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| Blithely round the walls I go | A |
| - | |
| Jerico Jerico | A |
| Round and round the walls I go | A |
| All the golden ones of earth | C |
| Regal in their lordly mirth | C |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| Round and round the walls I go | A |
| - | |
| Jerico Jerico | A |
| Blithely round the walls I go | A |
| With a broken sword in hand | D |
| Where the mighty bastions stand | D |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| Hear my silly bugle blow | A |
| - | |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| Round the walls of Jerico | A |
| Past the haughty golden gate | E |
| Where the emperor in state | E |
| Smiles to see the ragged show | A |
| Round and round the towers go | A |
| - | |
| Jerico Jerico | A |
| Round and round and round I go | A |
| All their sworded bodies must | F |
| Lie low in their tower's dust | F |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| Blithely round the walls I go | A |
| - | |
| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| I will blow a thunder note | G |
| From my brazen bugle's throat | G |
| Till the sand and thistle know | A |
| The leveled walls of Jerico | A |
| Jerico Jerico Jerico | A |
Willard Wattles
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