England. In The Camp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADCD EFFF GHGH FFFF AFCF| This is a leader's tent Who gathers here | A |
| Enter and see and listen On the ground | B |
| Men sit or stand enter or disappear | C |
| Dark faces and deep voices all around | B |
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| One answers you You ask who gathers here | A |
| Companions Generals we have none nor chief | D |
| What need is there The plan is all so clear | C |
| The future's hope the present's grim relief | D |
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| Food for us all and clothes and roofs come first | E |
| The means to gain them This our leaguered band | F |
| The hatred of the robber rich accursed | F |
| Keeps foes together makes fools understand | F |
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| Beyond the present's faith the future's hope | G |
| Points to the dawning hour when all shall be | H |
| But one The man condemned shall fit the rope | G |
| Around the hangman's neck and both be free | H |
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| The sun then rises on a happier land | F |
| Where Wealth and Labour sound but as one word | F |
| We drill we train we arm our leaguered band | F |
| What is there more to tell you have not heard | F |
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| This is a leader's tent They gather here | A |
| Resolute stern menacing On the ground | F |
| They sit or stand enter or disappear | C |
| Dark faces and deep voices all around | F |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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