British War Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCB DE EFGHG IJK LL| WARS and rumours of wars the clouds lower over the sea | A |
| And a man must now be a man if ever a man can be | A |
| Wars and rumours of wars a cry from the flaming East | B |
| For the vultures are gathered together and the lions roar over the | C |
| feast | B |
| - | |
| War Shall we flinch Shall we tremble Shall we shrink like | D |
| cowards from the fray | E |
| - | |
| Better all Britons were dead than their glory passed away | E |
| The clouds may be dark and lowering the storm may be loud and | F |
| long | G |
| But the hearts of our men are true and the arms of our men are | H |
| strong | G |
| - | |
| From the thousand years of glory from the grave of heroes gone | I |
| Comes a voice on the breath of the storm and a power to spur us | J |
| on | K |
| - | |
| A man must now be a man and every man be true | L |
| Fro the grave that covers our glory shall cover each Briton too | L |
Frederick George Scott
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