Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Lvi - The Day Of Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGH IIJJ| Far I hear the bugle blow | A |
| To call me where I would not go | A |
| And the guns begin the song | B |
| 'Soldier fly or stay for long ' | C |
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| Comrade if to turn and fly | D |
| Made a soldier never die | D |
| Fly I would for who would not | E |
| 'Tis sure no pleasure to be shot | E |
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| But since the man that runs away | F |
| Lives to die another day | F |
| And cowards' funerals when they come | G |
| Are not wept so well at home | H |
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| Therefore though the best is bad | I |
| Stand and do the best my lad | I |
| Stand and fight and see your slain | J |
| And take the bullet in your brain | J |
Alfred Edward Housman
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