Godwin James Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNJOOPOQ RSSTPOU| Harry Wilmans You who fell in a swamp | A |
| Near Manila following the flag | B |
| You were not wounded by the greatness of a dream | C |
| Or destroyed by ineffectual work | D |
| Or driven to madness by Satanic snags | E |
| You were not torn by aching nerves | F |
| Nor did you carry great wounds to your old age | G |
| You did not starve for the government fed you | H |
| You did not suffer yet cry forward | I |
| To an army which you led | J |
| Against a foe with mocking smiles | K |
| Sharper than bayonets You were not smitten down | L |
| By invisible bombs You were not rejected | M |
| By those for whom you were defeated | N |
| You did not eat the savorless bread | J |
| Which a poor alchemy had made from ideals | O |
| You went to Manila Harry Wilmans | O |
| While I enlisted in the bedraggled army | P |
| Of bright eyed divine youths | O |
| Who surged forward who were driven back and fell | Q |
| Sick broken crying shorn of faith | R |
| Following the flag of the Kingdom of Heaven | S |
| You and I Harry Wilmans have fallen | S |
| In our several ways not knowing | T |
| Good from bad defeat from victory | P |
| Nor what face it is that smiles | O |
| Behind the demoniac mask | U |
Edgar Lee Masters
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