The Custer Wail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDCEC FGHHC IIAAC JJKKC LLMMC MMMMC NNOOC PPQQC RRSTC UUVVC WWXXC YYAAC CCCCC| Dead Where the bold and brave | A |
| Blend in one bloody grave | A |
| Dead With no coward clay | B |
| Weltering in gore that day | B |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead With his boys in blue | D |
| Baptized in bloody dew | D |
| Dead Where his enemy | C |
| Fled from his fearless eye | E |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Like a meteor | F |
| Flashed o'er the field of war | G |
| Dead With immortal pride | H |
| Glorious and glorified | H |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the captives sing | I |
| Saved by his rifle's ring | I |
| Dead Where the painted brave | A |
| Bled by his gory glaive | A |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the feathered game | J |
| Fell at his deadly aim | J |
| Dead Where the buffalo | K |
| Found him a gallant foe | K |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the prairie steed | L |
| Vainly exerts his speed | L |
| Dead Where the antlered stag | M |
| Dies on the dizzy crag | M |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the valleys sink | M |
| Low to the river's brink | M |
| Dead Where the mountains spring | M |
| Higher than eagle's wing | M |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the solar glows | N |
| Eastward and upward rose | N |
| Dead Where the evening's gold | O |
| Westward and downward rolled | O |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the streamy vales | P |
| Murmur their tender tales | P |
| Dead Where the ocean's roll | Q |
| Sobs for the passing soul | Q |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the thicket's throats | R |
| Mingle their million notes | R |
| Dead Where the forests dim | S |
| Tone their lone requiem | T |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where the eagle's scream | U |
| Shortens the hunter's dream | U |
| Dead Where the nightingale | V |
| Trills out her lonely tale | V |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where no maiden fair | W |
| Weaves with his waving hair | W |
| Dead Where no darling sips | X |
| Life from his loving lips | X |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Where no woman's breast | Y |
| Robbed of her love and rest | Y |
| Flower with a fading leaf | A |
| Sinks in her silent grief | A |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to me | C |
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| Dead Nevermore to be | C |
| Dead Nevermore to be | C |
| Dead Evermore to me | C |
| Dead Evermore to me | C |
| Dead Dead Ah Dead to ME | C |
A. H. Laidlaw
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