The Militiaman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCBCCD EFEEFGCGG| 'O warrior with the burnished arms | A |
| With bullion cord and tassel | B |
| Pray tell me of the lurid charms | A |
| Of service and the fierce alarms | A |
| The storming of the castle | B |
| The charge across the smoking field | C |
| The rifles' busy rattle | B |
| What thoughts inspire the men who wield | C |
| The blade their gallant souls how steeled | C |
| And fortified in battle ' | D |
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| 'Nay man of peace seek not to know | E |
| War's baleful fascination | F |
| The soldier's hunger for the foe | E |
| His dread of safety joy to go | E |
| To court annihilation | F |
| Though calling bugles blow not now | G |
| Nor drums begin to beat yet | C |
| One fear unmans me I'll allow | G |
| And poisons all my pleasure How | G |
| If I should get my feet wet ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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