On The Western Front Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDE FGFG HH A IJIJ KAKA LMLM NO

IA
I found a dreadful acre of the deadB
Marked with the only sign on earth that savesC
The wings of death were hurrying overheadB
The loose earth shook on those unquiet gravesC
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For the deep gun pits with quick stabs of flameD
Made their own thunders of the sunlit airE
Yet as I read the crosses name by nameD
Rank after rank it seemed that peace was thereE
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Sunlight and peace a peace too deep for thoughtF
The peace of tides that underlie our strifeG
The peace with which the moving heavens are fraughtF
The peace that is our everlasting lifeG
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The loose earth shook The very hills were stirredH
The silence of the dead was all I heardH
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IIA
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We who lie here have nothing more to prayI
To all your praises we are deaf and blindJ
We may not ever know if you betrayI
Our hope to make earth better for mankindJ
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Only our silence in the night shall growK
More silent as the stars grow in the skyA
And while you deck our graves you shall not knowK
How many scornful legions pass you byA
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For we have heard you say when we were livingL
That some small dream of good would cost too muchM
But when the foe struck we have watched you givingL
And seen you move the mountains with one touchM
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What can be done we know But have no fearN
If you fail now we shall not see or hearO

Alfred Noyes



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