Reveille Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC ADAD EFEF EGEG EHEH| Wake the silver dusk returning | A |
| Up the beach of darkness brims | B |
| And the ship of sunrise burning | A |
| Strands upon the eastern rims | B |
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| Wake the vaulted shadow shatters | B |
| Trampled to the floor it spanned | C |
| And the tent of night in tatters | B |
| Straws the sky pavilioned land | C |
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| Up lad up 'tis late for lying | A |
| Hear the drums of morning play | D |
| Hark the empty highways crying | A |
| Who'll beyond the hills away | D |
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| Towns and countries woo together | E |
| Forelands beacon belfries call | F |
| Never lad that trod on leather | E |
| Lived to feast his heart with all | F |
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| Up lad thews that lie and cumber | E |
| Sunlit pallets never thrive | G |
| Morns abed and daylight slumber | E |
| Were not meant for man alive | G |
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| Clay lies still but blood's a rover | E |
| Breath's a ware that will not keep | H |
| Up lad when the journey's over | E |
| There'll be time enough to sleep | H |
Alfred Edward Housman
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