Tamate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBB ADDDABBEE AFGHHIH AJJKLMM NO| Great Heart is dead they say | A |
| Great Heart the Teacher | B |
| Great Heart the Joyous | C |
| Great Heart the Fearless | C |
| Great Heart the Martyr | B |
| Great Heart of Sweet White Fire | B |
| - | |
| Great Heart is dead they say | A |
| Fighting the fight | D |
| Holding the Light | D |
| Into the night | D |
| Great Heart is dead they say | A |
| But the Light shall burn the brighter | B |
| And the night shall be the lighter | B |
| For his going | E |
| And a rich rich harvest for his sowing | E |
| - | |
| Great Heart is dead they say | A |
| What is death to such an one as Great Heart | F |
| One sigh perchance for work unfinished here | G |
| Then a swift passing to a mightier sphere | H |
| New joys perfected powers the vision clear | H |
| And all the amplitude of heaven to work | I |
| The work he held so dear | H |
| - | |
| Great Heart is dead say they | A |
| Nor dead nor sleeping He lives on His name | J |
| Shall kindle many a heart to equal flame | J |
| The fire he lighted shall burn on and on | K |
| Till all the darkness of the lands be gone | L |
| And all the kingdoms of the earth be won | M |
| And one | M |
| - | |
| A soul so fiery sweet can never die | N |
| But lives and loves and works through all eternity | O |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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