The Young Lieutenant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFGHHII JJKKLLMN OOPPQQRR SSRTUUII VVWWXXPP

The young lieutenant's face was greyA
As came the dayA
The watchers saw it lifting whiteB
And ghostlike from the pool of nightB
His eyes were wide and strangely litC
Each thought in that unhallowed pitC
I too may seem like one who diesD
With wide set eyesD
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He stood so still we thought it deathE
For through the breathE
Of reeking shell we came and fireF
To hell unlit of blood and mireG
Tianced in a chill deliriumH
We wondered though our lips were dumbH
What precious thing his fingers pressedI
Against his breastI
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His left hand clutched so lovinglyJ
What none might seeJ
All bloodless were his lips beneathK
The straight white rigid clip of teethK
His eyes turned to the distance dimL
Our sleepless eyes were all on himL
He stirred we aped a phantom cheerM
The hour was hereN
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The young lieutenant blew his callO
God keep us allO
He whispered softly Out he ledP
And over the vale of twisted deadP
Close holding that dear thing he wentQ
On through the storm we followed bentQ
To pelt of iron and the rainR
Of flame and painR
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His wan face like a lodestar glowedS
Down that black roadS
And deep among the torn and slainR
We drove and twenty times againT
He squared us to the charging hordesU
His word was like a hundred swordsU
And still a hand the treasure pressedI
Against his breastI
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Our gain we held Up flamed the sunV
The ridge is wonV
He calmly said and with a sighW
Thank God a man is free to dieW
He smiled at this and so he passedX
His secret prize we knew at lastX
For through his hand the jewel's redP
Fierce lustre bledP

Edward George Dyson



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