The Lost Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM NONOGKGK| It is not over yet the fight | A |
| Where those immortal dreamers failed | B |
| They stormed the citadels of night | A |
| And the night praised them and prevailed | B |
| So long ago the cause was lost | C |
| We scarce distinguish friend from foe | D |
| But if the dead can help it most | E |
| The armies of the dead will grow | D |
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| The world has all our banners now | F |
| And filched our watchwords for its own | G |
| The world has crowned the ' rebel's ' brow | F |
| And millions crowd his lordly throne | G |
| The masks have altered Names are names | H |
| They praise the 'truth' that is not true | I |
| The ' rebel' that the world acclaims | H |
| Is not the rebel Shelley knew | I |
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| We may not build that Commonweal | J |
| We may not reach the goal we set | K |
| But there's a flag they dare not steal | J |
| Forward It is not over yet | K |
| We shall be dust and under dust | L |
| Before we end that ancient wrong | M |
| But there's a sword that cannot rust | L |
| And where's the death can touch a song | M |
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| So when our bodies rot in earth | N |
| The singing souls that once were ours | O |
| Weaponed with light and helmed with mirth | N |
| Shall front the kingdoms and the powers | O |
| The ancient lie is on its throne | G |
| And half the living still forget | K |
| But since the dead are all our own | G |
| Courage it is not over yet | K |
Alfred Noyes
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