Reveille Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC ADAD EFEF EGEG EHEHWake 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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