The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BC DE FG HI JK LC MNO PG

The young dead soldiers do not speakA
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Nevertheless they are heard in the still housesB
who has not heard themC
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They have a silence that speaks for them at nightD
and when the clock countsE
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They say We were young We have diedF
Remember usG
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They say We have done what we couldH
but until it is finished it is not doneI
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They say We have given our lives but until it is finishedJ
no one can know what our lives gaveK
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They say Our deaths are not ours they are yoursL
they will mean what you make themC
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They say Whether our lives and our deaths were forM
peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot sayN
it is you who must say thisO
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We leave you our deaths Give them their meaningP
We were young they say We have died remember usG

Archibald Macleish



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