Uncoloneled Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBCBCBBThough war signs fail in time of peace they say | A |
Two awful portents gloom the public mind | B |
All Mexico is arming for the fray | A |
And Colonel Mark McDonald has resigned | B |
We know not by what instinct he divined | B |
The coming trouble may be like the steed | B |
Described by Job he smelled the fight afar | C |
Howe'er it be he left and for that deed | B |
Is an aspirant to the G A R | C |
When cannon flame along the Rio Grande | B |
A citizen's commission will be handy | B |
Ambrose Bierce
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