The Soldier's Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDEC FGGH IJJI| Breathe not a whisper here | A |
| The place where thou dost stand is hallowed ground | B |
| In silence gather near this upheaved mound | B |
| Around the soldier's bier | A |
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| Here Liberty may weep | C |
| And Freedom pause in her unchecked career | D |
| To pay the sacred tribute of a tear | E |
| O'er the pale warrior's sleep | C |
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| That arm now cold in death | F |
| But late on glory's field triumphant bore | G |
| Our country's flag that marble brow once bore | G |
| The victor's fadeless wreath | H |
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| Rest soldier sweetly rest | I |
| Affection's gentle hand shall deck thy tomb | J |
| With flowers and chaplets of unfading bloom | J |
| Be laid upon thy breast | I |
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