My Portion Is Defeat'today Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG HIJKLKJ LLCMNO| A | |
| - | |
| My Portion is Defeat today | B |
| A paler luck than Victory | C |
| Less Paeans fewer Bells | D |
| The Drums don't follow Me with tunes | E |
| Defeat a somewhat slower means | F |
| More Arduous than Balls | G |
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| 'Tis populous with Bone and stain | H |
| And Men too straight to stoop again | I |
| And Piles of solid Moan | J |
| And Chips of Blank in Boyish Eyes | K |
| And scraps of Prayer | L |
| And Death's surprise | K |
| Stamped visible in Stone | J |
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| There's somewhat prouder over there | L |
| The Trumpets tell it to the Air | L |
| How different Victory | C |
| To Him who has it and the One | M |
| Who to have had it would have been | N |
| Contender to die | O |
Emily Dickinson
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