The Young Lieutenant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFGHHII JJKKLLMN OOPPQQRR SSRTUUII VVWWXXPP| The young lieutenant's face was grey | A |
| As came the day | A |
| The watchers saw it lifting white | B |
| And ghostlike from the pool of night | B |
| His eyes were wide and strangely lit | C |
| Each thought in that unhallowed pit | C |
| I too may seem like one who dies | D |
| With wide set eyes | D |
| - | |
| He stood so still we thought it death | E |
| For through the breath | E |
| Of reeking shell we came and fire | F |
| To hell unlit of blood and mire | G |
| Tianced in a chill delirium | H |
| We wondered though our lips were dumb | H |
| What precious thing his fingers pressed | I |
| Against his breast | I |
| - | |
| His left hand clutched so lovingly | J |
| What none might see | J |
| All bloodless were his lips beneath | K |
| The straight white rigid clip of teeth | K |
| His eyes turned to the distance dim | L |
| Our sleepless eyes were all on him | L |
| He stirred we aped a phantom cheer | M |
| The hour was here | N |
| - | |
| The young lieutenant blew his call | O |
| God keep us all | O |
| He whispered softly Out he led | P |
| And over the vale of twisted dead | P |
| Close holding that dear thing he went | Q |
| On through the storm we followed bent | Q |
| To pelt of iron and the rain | R |
| Of flame and pain | R |
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| His wan face like a lodestar glowed | S |
| Down that black road | S |
| And deep among the torn and slain | R |
| We drove and twenty times again | T |
| He squared us to the charging hordes | U |
| His word was like a hundred swords | U |
| And still a hand the treasure pressed | I |
| Against his breast | I |
| - | |
| Our gain we held Up flamed the sun | V |
| The ridge is won | V |
| He calmly said and with a sigh | W |
| Thank God a man is free to die | W |
| He smiled at this and so he passed | X |
| His secret prize we knew at last | X |
| For through his hand the jewel's red | P |
| Fierce lustre bled | P |
Edward George Dyson
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