Wake Not For The World-heard Thunder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABDD EFGGEFHH IJKKIJAL| Wake not for the world heard thunder | A |
| Nor the chimes that earthquakes toll | B |
| Stars may plot in heaven with planet | C |
| Lightning rive the rock of granite | C |
| Tempest tread the oakwood under | A |
| Fear not you for flesh or soul | B |
| Marching fighting victory past | D |
| Stretch your limbs in peace at last | D |
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| Stir not for the soldier's drilling | E |
| Nor the fever nothing cures | F |
| Throb of drum and timbal's rattle | G |
| Call but men alive to battle | G |
| And the fife with death notes filling | E |
| Screams for blood but not for yours | F |
| Times enough you bled your best | H |
| Sleep on now and take your rest | H |
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| Sleep my lad the French have landed | I |
| London's burning Windsor's down | J |
| Clasp your cloak of earth about you | K |
| We must man the ditch without you | K |
| March unled and fight short handed | I |
| Charge to fall and swim to drown | J |
| Duty friendship bravery o'er | A |
| Sleep away lad wake no more | L |
Alfred Edward Housman
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