Grierson's Raid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHHHIBJBEDKFLMNMOBPB QRSR| Mount to horse mount to horse | A |
| Forward Battalion | B |
| Gallop the gallant force | A |
| Down with Rebellion | B |
| Over hill creek and plain | C |
| Clatter the fearless | D |
| Dash away splash away | E |
| Led by the Peerless | F |
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| Carbines crack foemen fly | G |
| Hither and thither | H |
| Under the death fire | H |
| They falter and wither | H |
| Burn the bridge tear the track | I |
| Down with Rebellion | B |
| Cut the wires cut the wires | J |
| Forward Battalion | B |
| Day and night night and day | E |
| Gallop the fearless | D |
| Swimming the rivers' floods | K |
| Led by the Peerless | F |
| Depots and powder trains | L |
| Blazing and thundering | M |
| Masters and dusky slaves | N |
| Gazing and wondering | M |
| Eight hundred miles they ride | O |
| Dauntless Battalion | B |
| Down through the Southern Land | P |
| Mad with Rebellion | B |
| Into our lines they dash | Q |
| Brave Cavaliers | R |
| Greeting our flag with | S |
| A thunder of cheers | R |
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