The Decay Of A People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCC| THIS the true sign of ruin to a race | A |
| It undertakes no march and day by day | B |
| Drowses in camp or with the laggard s pace | A |
| Walks sentry o er possessions that decay | B |
| Destined with sensible waste to fleet away | B |
| For the first secret of continued power | C |
| Is the continued conquest all our sway | B |
| Hath surety in the uses of the hour | C |
| If that we waste in vain walled town and lofty tower | C |
William Gilmore Simms
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