Song For Heroes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDECE FGFGCG HIHICI| Captain O'Hare was a mariner brave | A |
| He refused to abandon his ship | B |
| A hero he sleeps in a watery grave | A |
| And his widow is now Mrs Bipp | B |
| Haw Haw | C |
| His widow is now Mrs Bipp | B |
| - | |
| Henri Dupont was a fearless young ace | D |
| Five thousand feet up he was hit | E |
| Each year on his grave pretty flowers we place | D |
| And his widow is now Mrs Schmitt | E |
| Haw Haw | C |
| His widow is now Mrs Schmitt | E |
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| Corporal Dunn was a volunteer bold | F |
| He plunged in the deadliest fray | G |
| A bayonet thrust laid him out stony cold | F |
| And his widow is now Mrs Gray | G |
| Haw Haw | C |
| His widow is now Mrs Gray | G |
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| But Peter McGuck was a cowardly sneak | H |
| Like a hound he remained home in fear | I |
| When fishing one day he fell into the creek | H |
| And his widow is now Mrs Greer | I |
| Haw Haw Haw | C |
| Mrs William O'Houlihan Greer | I |
Ellis Parker Butler
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