The Greek Partisan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEAEA FGFGHIHIJFJF KLKCMNMOPAPA| Our free flag is dancing | A |
| In the free mountain air | B |
| And burnished arms are glancing | A |
| And warriors gathering there | B |
| And fearless is the little train | C |
| Whose gallant bosoms shield it | D |
| The blood that warms their hearts shall stain | C |
| That banner ere they yield it | D |
| Each dark eye is fixed on earth | E |
| And brief each solemn greeting | A |
| There is no look nor sound of mirth | E |
| Where those stern men are meeting | A |
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| They go to the slaughter | F |
| To strike the sudden blow | G |
| And pour on earth like water | F |
| The best blood of the foe | G |
| To rush on them from rock and height | H |
| And clear the narrow valley | I |
| Or fire their camp at dead of night | H |
| And fly before they rally | I |
| Chains are round our country pressed | J |
| And cowards have betrayed her | F |
| And we must make her bleeding breast | J |
| The grave of the invader | F |
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| Not till from her fetters | K |
| We raise up Greece again | L |
| And write in bloody letters | K |
| That tyranny is slain | C |
| Oh not till then the smile shall steal | M |
| Across those darkened faces | N |
| Nor one of all those warriors feel | M |
| His children's dear embraces | O |
| Reap we not the ripened wheat | P |
| Till yonder hosts are flying | A |
| And all their bravest at our feet | P |
| Like autumn sheaves are lying | A |
William Cullen Bryant
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