The Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE AFAF| 'Tis not the untried soldier new to danger | A |
| Who fears to enter into active strife | B |
| Amidst the roll of drums the cannon's rattle | C |
| He craves adventure and thinks not of life | B |
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| But the scarred vetran knows the price of glory | D |
| He does not court the conflict or the fray | E |
| He has no longing to rehearse that gory | D |
| And most dramatic act or wars dark play | E |
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| He who to love has always been a stranger | A |
| All unafraid may linger in your spell | F |
| My heart has known the warfare and its danger | A |
| It craves no repitition so farewell | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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