Mafeking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDEFFFE GGGBAAA DDDHIIIJ KKKLCCCL MMMNOOON PPPLQQQL| Once again banners fly | A |
| Clang again bells on high | A |
| Sounding to sea and sky | A |
| Longer and louder | B |
| Mafeking's glory with | C |
| Kimberley Ladysmith | C |
| Of our unconquered kith | C |
| Prouder and prouder | B |
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| Hemmed in for half a year | D |
| Still with no succour near | D |
| Nor word of hope to cheer | D |
| Wounded and dying | E |
| Famished and foiled of sleep | F |
| By the fierce cannon's leap | F |
| They vowed still still to keep | F |
| England's Flag flying | E |
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| Nor was their mettle shown | G |
| By male and strong alone | G |
| But as intrepid grown | G |
| Fragile and tender | B |
| Without or tear or sigh | A |
| Echoed the brave old cry | A |
| We too would rather die | A |
| Die than surrender '' | - |
| - | |
| As pressed the foe more near | D |
| Only with naked spear | D |
| Ne'er knowing what to fear | D |
| Parley or blench meant | H |
| Forward through shot and shell | I |
| While still the foremost fell | I |
| They with resistless yell | I |
| Stormed his entrenchment | J |
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| Then when hope dawned at last | K |
| And fled the foe aghast | K |
| At the relieving blast | K |
| Heard in the melley | L |
| O our stout stubborn kith | C |
| Kimberley Ladysmith | C |
| Mafeking wedded with | C |
| Lucknow and Delhi | L |
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| Sound for them martial lay | M |
| Crown them with battle bay | M |
| Both those who died and they | M |
| 'Gainst death could wrestle | N |
| Powell of endless fame | O |
| All all with equal claim | O |
| And of the storied name | O |
| Gallant young Cecil | N |
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| Long as the waves shall roll | P |
| Long as Fame guards her scroll | P |
| And men through heart and soul | P |
| Thrill to true glory | L |
| Their deed from age to age | Q |
| Shall voice and verse engage | Q |
| Swelling the splendid page | Q |
| Of England's Story | L |
Alfred Austin
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