Anzac Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDEF GBG HIHIJ KBK LKLKF| Anzac And war's grim storm | A |
| The scream of a pass'ng shell | B |
| Torn earth and a quiet form | A |
| 'Pass comrades All is well ' | C |
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| Nay but his spirit lives be very sure | D |
| Year follows year and earthly things depart | E |
| But what he dying gave us shall endure | D |
| Now and for ever in the nation's heart | E |
| Now and for ever tho' the flesh be gone | F |
| Still shall that Spirit bid us 'Carry on ' | - |
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| Anzac The mounds increase | G |
| Marking where soldiers fell | B |
| Earth's healing scars and peace | G |
| 'Sleep comrades All is well ' | - |
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| And be full certain that they do but sleep | H |
| Who falling yet were well content to find | I |
| Fit sanctuary in the hearts that keep | H |
| That spirit and that memory enshrined | I |
| High on Gallipoli lights that once shone | J |
| Again flame o'er the ocean 'Carry on ' | - |
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| Anzac The tramp of marching feet | K |
| The toll of a passing bell | B |
| Bowed heads along a city street | K |
| 'Pass soldier All is well ' | - |
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| Pass soldier When your dwindling ranks grow small | L |
| When one by one old comrades you shall greet | K |
| When the last lonely veteran's footfall | L |
| Goes echoing adown this city street | K |
| Still may that Spirit tho' all else be gone | F |
| Cry to our sons 'Australia Carry on ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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