Soldier, Maiden, And Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFHIDID JKJKLKMK KNKNKKBK| Sweetheart take this a soldier said | A |
| And bid me brave good by | B |
| It may befall we ne'er shall wed | A |
| But love can never die | B |
| Be steadfast in thy troth to me | C |
| And then whate'er my lot | D |
| 'My soul to God my heart to thee ' | E |
| Sweetheart forget me not | D |
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| The maiden took the tiny flower | F |
| And nursed it with her tears | G |
| Lo he who left her in that hour | F |
| Came not in after years | H |
| Unto a hero's death he rode | I |
| 'Mid shower of fire and shot | D |
| But in the maiden's heart abode | I |
| The flower forget me not | D |
| - | |
| And when he came not with the rest | J |
| From out the years of blood | K |
| Closely unto her widowed breast | J |
| She pressed a faded bud | K |
| Oh there is love and there is pain | L |
| And there is peace God wot | K |
| And these dear three do live again | M |
| In sweet forget me not | K |
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| 'T is to an unmarked grave to day | K |
| That I should love to go | N |
| Whether he wore the blue or gray | K |
| What need that we should know | N |
| He loved a woman let us say | K |
| And on that sacred spot | K |
| To woman's love that lives for aye | B |
| We'll strew forget me not | K |
Eugene Field
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