The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ AAKK LLMM NNOO PPJJ GGJJ QQJJBeyond the moor and the mountain crest | A |
Comrade look not on the west | A |
The sun is down and drinks away | B |
From air and land the lees of day | B |
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The long cloud and the single pine | C |
Sentinel the ending line | C |
And out beyond it clear and wan | D |
Reach the gulfs of evening on | D |
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The son of woman turns his brow | E |
West from forty countries now | E |
And as the edge of heaven he eyes | F |
Thinks eternal thoughts and sighs | F |
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Oh wide's the world to rest or roam | G |
With change abroad and cheer at home | G |
Fights and furloughs talk and tale | H |
Company and beef and ale | H |
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But if I front the evening sky | I |
Silent on the west look I | I |
And my comrade stride for stride | J |
Paces silent at my side | J |
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Comrade look not on the west | A |
'Twill have the heart out of your breast | A |
'Twill take your thoughts and sink them far | K |
Leagues beyond the sunset bar | K |
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Oh lad I fear that yon's the sea | L |
Where they fished for you and me | L |
And there from whence we both were ta'en | M |
You and I shall drown again | M |
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Send not on your soul before | N |
To dive from that beguiling shore | N |
And let not yet the swimmer leave | O |
His clothes upon the sands of eve | O |
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Too fast to yonder strand forlorn | P |
We journey to the sunken bourn | P |
To flush the fading tinges eyed | J |
By other lads at eventide | J |
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Wide is the world to rest or roam | G |
And early 'tis for turning home | G |
Plant your heel on earth and stand | J |
And let's forget our native land | J |
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When you and I are split on air | Q |
Long we shall be strangers there | Q |
Friends of flesh and bone are best | J |
Comrade look not on the west | J |
Alfred Edward Housman
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