The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ AAKK LLMM NNOO PPJJ GGJJ QQJJ| Beyond 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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