The Soldier's Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGDGDDHD HIJIKDLD| Twas long ago in the summer time | A |
| On a day as sad as this | B |
| That I laid my babe in its father's arms | C |
| And he gave it his farewell kiss | B |
| When the army sail'd from the English shores | D |
| In a mist of sun and rain | E |
| To the vine clad hills and citadels | D |
| And the olive groves of Spain | E |
| - | |
| I set my face to the balmy south | F |
| And listen'd intent and dumb | G |
| As though a cry from the battle grounds | D |
| On the fragrant wind might come | G |
| I yearn'd for a gleam of the red camp fires | D |
| Which burn'd through the watchful nights | D |
| For the shine of the bayonets that clash'd one day | H |
| On the dread Albuera heights | D |
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| Ah me And my face cannot turn away | H |
| Though the ashes are on my brow | I |
| Though the news of the battle came once for all | J |
| And there's nothing to watch for now | I |
| Though 'tis further away than that far south land | K |
| I must look for my dear man's face | D |
| Though I know he will never come home again | L |
| To the chair in the old house place | D |
Ada Cambridge
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