In France I Saw A Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ GKGK| In France I saw a hill a gentle slope | A |
| Rising above old tombs to greet the gleam | B |
| From soft spring skies Beyond these skies dwells hope | A |
| But those green graves bespeak a broken dream | B |
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| There was a row of narrow beds new made | C |
| Each bore a starry banner and a cross | D |
| And each the name of one who ere he played | C |
| His r le of warrior met earth's final loss | D |
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| They were so young so eager for the fray | E |
| And thoughts of glory filled each boyish heart | F |
| When over dangerous seas they sailed away | E |
| To face the foe and play some splendid part | F |
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| But in the tedious toil the dull routine | G |
| Which must precede achievement on the field | H |
| Disease that secret enemy with mean | G |
| Sly tactics forced them to disarm and yield | H |
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| So they were buried on that hill in France | I |
| Before their ears had heard the battle din | J |
| Before life gave them its dramatic chance | I |
| A lasting fame or glorious death to win | J |
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| Yet looking up beyond their graves of green | G |
| I seem to see them wearing band and star | K |
| Men are rewarded in the Worlds Unseen | G |
| Not for the way they die but what they are | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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