War's Homecoming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCCDD EEFFGG HHIIBB| A | |
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| We little thought how much they meant the bleeding hearts of France | B |
| And British mothers wearing black to mark some troop's advance | B |
| The war was O so distant then the grief so far away | C |
| We couldn't see the weeping eyes nor hear the women pray | C |
| We couldn't sense the weight of woe that rested on that land | D |
| But now our boy is called to go to day we understand | D |
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| There some have heard the blackest news that o'er the wires has sped | E |
| And some are living day by day beneath the clouds of dread | E |
| Some fear the worst some know the worst but every heart is chilled | F |
| And every soul is sorrow touched and laughter there is stilled | F |
| There old folks sit alone and grieve and pray for peace to come | G |
| And now our little boy has heard the summons of the drum | G |
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| Their grief was such a distant thing we made it fruit for speech | H |
| We never thought in days of old such pain our hearts would reach | H |
| We talked of it as people do of sorrow far aloof | I |
| Nor dreamed such care would ever dwell beneath our happy roof | I |
| But England's woes are ours to day we share the sighs of France | B |
| Our little boy is on the sea with Death to take his chance | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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