Ten Thousand Men A Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHFEFE JKLKDEFE MNONPEFE QRSRFEFE| All the world was wearying | A |
| All the world was sad | B |
| Everything was shadow filled | C |
| Things were going bad | B |
| Then a rumour stirred all hearts | D |
| As a wind stirs trees | E |
| Ten thousand men a day | F |
| Coming over seas | E |
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| Soon we saw them marching by | G |
| God what a sight | H |
| Shoulders back and heads erect | I |
| Faces full of light | H |
| Smiling like a morn in May | F |
| Moving like a breeze | E |
| Ten thousand men a day | F |
| Coming over seas | E |
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| Weary soldiers worn with war | J |
| Lifted up their eyes | K |
| Shadows seemed to lift a bit | L |
| Dawn was in the skies | K |
| Hope sprang to troubled hearts | D |
| Strength to tired knees | E |
| Ten thousand men a day | F |
| Were coming over seas | E |
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| France and England swarmed with them | M |
| Khaki clad and young | N |
| Filled with all the joy of life | O |
| Into line they swung | N |
| Waning valour rose anew | P |
| At the sight of these | E |
| Ten thousand men a day | F |
| Coming over seas | E |
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| Still they come and still they come | Q |
| In their strength and pride | R |
| Victory with radiant mien | S |
| Marches on beside | R |
| Victory is here to stay | F |
| Every heart agrees | E |
| With ten thousand men a day | F |
| Coming over seas | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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