Sumter In Ruins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBBC A DEDDDDE A FGFFHHG G IJIIIIJ G DKDDDDK| I | 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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