The War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDD EFEFDDD GHGHDDD IJIJDDD| There is a sound of thunder afar | A |
| Storm in the south that darkens the day | B |
| Storm of battle and thunder of war | C |
| Well if it do not roll our way | B |
| Form form Riflemen form | D |
| Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
| Riflemen riflemen riflemen form | D |
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| Be not deaf to the sound that warns | E |
| Be not gull'd by a despot's plea | F |
| Are figs of thistles or grapes of thorns | E |
| How should a despot set men free | F |
| Form form Riflemen form | D |
| Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
| Riflemen riflemen riflemen form | D |
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| Let your Reforms for a moment go | G |
| Look to your butts and make good aims | H |
| Better a rotten borough or so | G |
| Than a rotten fleet or a city of flames | H |
| Form form Riflemen form | D |
| Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
| Riflemen riflemen riflemen form | D |
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| Form be ready to do or die | I |
| Form in freedom's name and the Queen's | J |
| True that we have a faithful ally | I |
| But only the devil knows what he means | J |
| Form form Riflemen form | D |
| Ready be ready to meet the storm | D |
| Riflemen riflemen riflemen form | D |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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