Abraham Lincoln Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH| Oh slow to smite and swift to spare | A |
| Gentle and merciful and just | B |
| Who in the fear of God didst bear | A |
| The sword of power a nation's trust | B |
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| In sorrow by thy bier we stand | C |
| Amid the awe that hushes all | D |
| And speak the anguish of a land | C |
| That shook with horror at thy fall | D |
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| Thy task is done the bond are free | E |
| We bear thee to an honored grave | F |
| Whose proudest monument shall be | E |
| The broken fetters of the slave | F |
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| Pure was thy life its bloody close | G |
| Hath placed thee with the sons of light | H |
| Among the noble host of those | I |
| Who perished in the cause of Right | H |
William Cullen Bryant
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