The Soldier On Crutches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHGGII FFJJK EELLMM| He came down the stairs on the laughter filled grill | A |
| Where patriots were eating and drinking their fill | A |
| The tap of his crutch on the marble of white | B |
| Caught my ear as I sat all alone there that night | B |
| I turned and a soldier my eyes fell upon | C |
| He had fought for his country and one leg was gone | D |
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| As he entered a silence fell over the place | E |
| Every eye in the room was turned up to his face | E |
| His head was up high and his eyes seemed aflame | F |
| With a wonderful light and he laughed as he came | F |
| He was young not yet thirty yet never he made | G |
| One sign of regret for the price he had paid | G |
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| One moment before this young soldier came in | H |
| I had caught bits of speech in the clatter and din | H |
| From the fine men about me in life's dress parade | G |
| Who were boasting the cash sacrifices they'd made | G |
| And I'd thought of my own paltry service with pride | I |
| When I turned and that hero of battle I spied | I |
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| I shall never forget the hot flushes of shame | F |
| That rushed to my cheeks as that young fellow came | F |
| He was cheerful and smiling and clear eyed and fine | J |
| And out of his face golden light seemed to shine | J |
| And I thought as he passed me on crutches 'How small | K |
| Are the gifts that I make if I don't give my all ' | - |
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| Some day in the future in many a place | E |
| More soldiers just like him we'll all have to face | E |
| We must sit with them talk with them laugh with them too | L |
| With the signs of their service forever in view | L |
| And this was my thought as I looked at him then | M |
| Oh God make me worthy to stand with such men | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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