The Debt Unpayable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FBFB GHGH| What have I given | A |
| Bold sailor on the sea | B |
| In earth or heaven | A |
| That you should die for me | B |
| - | |
| What can I give | C |
| O soldier leal and brave | D |
| Long as I live | E |
| To pay the life you gave | D |
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| What tithe or part | F |
| Can I return to thee | B |
| O stricken heart | F |
| That thou shouldst break for me | B |
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| The wind of Death | G |
| For you has slain life's flowers | H |
| It withereth | G |
| God grant all weeds in ours | H |
Francis William Bourdillon
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