Many Soldiers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIJKLMNOPQKR HST| The idea danced before us as a flag | A |
| The sound of martial music | B |
| The thrill of carrying a gun | C |
| Advancement in the world on coming home | D |
| A glint of glory wrath for foes | E |
| A dream of duty to country or to God | F |
| But these were things in ourselves shining before us | G |
| They were not the power behind us | G |
| Which was the Almighty hand of Life | H |
| Like fire at earth's centre making mountains | I |
| Or pent up waters that cut them through | J |
| Do you remember the iron band | K |
| The blacksmith Shack Dye welded | L |
| Around the oak on Bennet's lawn | M |
| From which to swing a hammock | N |
| That daughter Janet might repose in reading | O |
| On summer afternoons | P |
| And that the growing tree at last | Q |
| Sundered the iron band | K |
| But not a cell in all the tree | R |
| Knew aught save that it thrilled with life | H |
| Nor cared because the hammock fell | S |
| In the dust with Milton's Poems | T |
Edgar Lee Masters
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