Sumter In Ruins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBBC A DEDDDDE A FGFFHHG G IJIIIIJ G DKDDDDKI | A |
Ye batter down the lion's den | B |
But yet the lordly beast g'oes free | C |
And ye shall hear his roar again | B |
From mountain height from lowland glen | B |
From sandy shore and reedy fen | B |
Where'er a band of freeborn men | B |
Rears sacred shrines to liberty | C |
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II | A |
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The serpent scales the eagle's nest | D |
And yet the royal bird in air | E |
Triumphant wins the mountain's crest | D |
And sworn for strife yet takes his rest | D |
And plumes to calm his ruffled breast | D |
Till like a storm bolt from the west | D |
He strikes the invader in his lair | E |
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III | A |
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What's loss of den or nest or home | F |
If like the lion free to go | G |
If like the eagle wing'd to roam | F |
We span the rock and breast the foam | F |
Still watchful for the hour of doom | H |
When with the knell of thunder boom | H |
We bound upon the serpent foe | G |
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IV | G |
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Oh noble sons of lion heart | I |
Oh gallant hearts of eagle wing | J |
What though your batter'd bulwarks part | I |
Your nest be spoiled by reptile art | I |
Your souls on wings of hate shall start | I |
For vengeance and with lightning dart | I |
Rend the foul serpent ere he sting | J |
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V | G |
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Your battered den your shattered nest | D |
Was but the lion's crouching place | K |
It heard his roar and bore his crest | D |
His or the eagle's place of rest | D |
But not the soul in either breast | D |
This arms the twain by freedom bless'd | D |
To save and to avenge their race | K |
William Gilmore Simms
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