The Aged Stranger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABDB EBFB GBHB IJFB HBKB GBEB LBMB| I was with Grant the stranger said | A |
| Said the farmer Say no more | B |
| But rest thee here at my cottage porch | C |
| For thy feet are weary and sore | B |
| - | |
| I was with Grant the stranger said | A |
| Said the farmer Nay no more | B |
| I prithee sit at my frugal board | D |
| And eat of my humble store | B |
| - | |
| How fares my boy my soldier boy | E |
| Of the old Ninth Army Corps | B |
| I warrant he bore him gallantly | F |
| In the smoke and the battle's roar | B |
| - | |
| I know him not said the aged man | G |
| And as I remarked before | B |
| I was with Grant Nay nay I know | H |
| Said the farmer say no more | B |
| - | |
| He fell in battle I see alas | I |
| Thou'dst smooth these tidings o'er | J |
| Nay speak the truth whatever it be | F |
| Though it rend my bosom's core | B |
| - | |
| How fell he With his face to the foe | H |
| Upholding the flag he bore | B |
| Oh say not that my boy disgraced | K |
| The uniform that he wore | B |
| - | |
| I cannot tell said the aged man | G |
| And should have remarked before | B |
| That I was with Grant in Illinois | E |
| Some three years before the war | B |
| - | |
| Then the farmer spake him never a word | L |
| But beat with his fist full sore | B |
| That aged man who had worked for Grant | M |
| Some three years before the war | B |
Bret Harte (francis)
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Aged Stranger
The Aged Stranger is a poem by Bret Harte (francis). This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Aged Stranger poem by Bret Harte (francis)
Best Poems of Bret Harte (francis)