Melville And Coghill - The Place Of The Little Hand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCAB DEDEDE FGHGHG| DEAD with their eyes to the foe | A |
| Dead with the foe at their feet | B |
| Under the sky laid low | A |
| Truly their slumber is sweet | B |
| Though the wind from the Camp of the | C |
| Slain Men blow | A |
| And the rain on the wilderness beat | B |
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| Dead for they chose to die | D |
| When that wild race was run | E |
| Dead for they would not fly | D |
| Deeming their work undone | E |
| Nor cared to look on the face of the sky | D |
| Nor loved the light of the sun | E |
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| Honor we give them and tears | F |
| And the flag they died to save | G |
| Rent from the raid of the spears | H |
| Wet from the war and the wave | G |
| Shall waft men s thoughts through the dust of the years | H |
| Back to their lonely grave | G |
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