Hurrah For The Light Artillery! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDBB EEFF GGBB HHBB IIBB JJBB

On the unstained sward of the gentle slopeA
Full of valor and nerved by hopeA
The infantry sways like a coming seaB
Why lingers the light artilleryB
'Action front 'C
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Whirling the Parrotts like children's toysD
The horses strain to the rushing noiseD
To right and to left so fast and freeB
They carry the light artilleryB
'Drive on '-
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The gunner cries with a tug and a jerkE
The limbers fly and we bend to our workE
The handspike in and the implements outF
We wait for the word and it comes with a shoutF
'Load '-
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The foes pour on their billowy lineG
Can nothing check their bold designG
With yells and oaths of fiendish gleeB
They rush for the light artilleryB
'Commence firing '-
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Hurrah Hurrah our bulldogs barkH
And the enemy's line is a glorious markH
Hundreds fall like grain on the leaB
Mowed down by the light artilleryB
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'Fire ' and 'Load ' are the only criesI
Thundered and rolled to the vaulted skiesI
Aha they falter they halt they fleeB
From the hail of the light artilleryB
'Cease firing '-
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The battle is over the victory wonJ
Ere the dew is dried by the rising sunJ
While the shout bursts out like a full voiced seaB
'Hurrah for the light artilleryB
'Hurrah for the light artillery '-

Anonymous Americas



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