Martyrs Of Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH BB| Fame writes ever its song and story | A |
| For heroes of war in letters of glory | A |
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| But where is the story and where is the song | B |
| For the heroes of peace and the martyrs of wrong | B |
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| They fight their battles in shop and mine | C |
| They die at their posts and make no sign | C |
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| They herd like beasts in a slaughter pen | D |
| They live like cattle and suffer like men | D |
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| Why set by the horrors of such a life | E |
| Like a merry go round seems the battle's strife | E |
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| And the open sea and the open boat | F |
| And the deadly cannon with bellowing throat | F |
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| Oh what are they all with death thrown in | G |
| To the life that has nothing to lose or win | G |
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| The life that has nothing to hope or gain | H |
| But ill paid labour and beds of pain | H |
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| Fame where is your story and where is your song | B |
| For the martyrs of peace and the victims of wrong | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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