As I Gird On For Fighting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FFGF HIAI| As I gird on for fighting | A |
| My sword upon my thigh | B |
| I think on old ill fortunes | C |
| Of better men than I | B |
| - | |
| Think I the round world over | D |
| What golden lads are low | E |
| With hurts not mine to mourn for | F |
| And shames I shall not know | E |
| - | |
| What evil luck soever | F |
| For me remains in store | F |
| 'Tis sure much finer fellows | G |
| Have fared much worse before | F |
| - | |
| So here are things to think on | H |
| That ought to make me brave | I |
| As I strap on for fighting | A |
| My sword that will not save | I |
Alfred Edward Housman
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