The Fallen Brave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIHI JKLKMNMN| From Cypress and from laurel boughs | A |
| Are twined in sorrow and in pride | B |
| The leaves that deck the mouldering brows | A |
| Of those who for their country died | B |
| In sorrow that the sable pall | C |
| Enfolds the valiant and the brave | D |
| In pride that those who nobly fall | E |
| Win garlands that adorn the grave | D |
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| The onset the pursuit the roar | F |
| Of victory o'er the routed foe | G |
| Will startle from their rest no more | F |
| The fallen brave of Mexico | G |
| To God alone such spirits yield | H |
| He took them in their strength and bloom | I |
| When gathering on the tented field | H |
| The garlands woven for the tomb | I |
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| The shrouded flag the drooping spear | J |
| The muffled drum the solemn bell | K |
| The funeral train the dirge the bier | L |
| The mourners' sad and last farewell | K |
| Are fading tributes to the worth | M |
| Of those whose deeds this homage claim | N |
| But Time who mingles them with earth | M |
| Keeps green the garlands of their fame | N |
George Pope Morris
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