Anzac Eve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFDD GBGBHH IJIKLL| For some it was the last sun that should set | A |
| For many their last glimpse of fecund day | B |
| A splendid sun dipping reluctant yet | A |
| Into blue water west of Mudros Bay | B |
| And they new burnished coin to squander free | C |
| In 'that red purchase' on Gallipoli | D |
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| They guessed not or half guessing did not reck | E |
| That for the doomed no other sun should rise | F |
| But to reveal the still forms that would fleck | E |
| The Anzac Beach staring with lifeless eyes | F |
| Where carrier pigeons white against the blue | D |
| Bore the dread tale for other skies they knew | D |
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| They sang they laughed and laughing cursed again | G |
| The long monotony of Mudros Bay | B |
| Like hounds released the eager shouting men | G |
| Crowded the decks and whiled the time away | B |
| At cards half fearing what they most desired | H |
| Might be denied them yet and no shot fired | H |
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| And as that sun set in the azure vast | I |
| Who counted one day more or one day less | J |
| How many deemed it was for them the last | I |
| To light a world of blood and bitterness | K |
| Yet bitterness for many a heart lay there | L |
| When next the sun blazed over Sari Bair | L |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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