Trafalgar Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABABCDEFF GGHGHIIHDD| LAURELS bring laurels sheaves on sheaves | A |
| Till England's boughs are bare of leaves | A |
| Soon comes the flower more rare more dear | B |
| Than any laurel this year weaves | A |
| The Aloe of the hundredth year | B |
| Since from the smoke of Trafalgar | C |
| He passed to where the heroes are | D |
| Nelson who passed and yet is here | E |
| Whose dust is fire beneath our feet | F |
| Whose memory mans our fleet | F |
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| Laurels bring laurels since they hold | G |
| His England's tears in each green fold | G |
| His England's joy his England's pride | H |
| His England's glories manifold | G |
| Yet what was Victory since he died | H |
| And what was Death since he lives yet | I |
| Above a Nation's worship set | I |
| Above her heroes glorified | H |
| Nelson who made our flag a star | D |
| To lead where Victories are | D |
Edith Nesbit
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