The Invasion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEC AFGHIJ KLMNLM AOPAQP RSTAUT| Spring they say with his greenery | A |
| Northward marches at last | B |
| Mustering thorn and elm | C |
| Breezes rumour him conquering | D |
| Tell how Victory sits | E |
| High on his glancing helm | C |
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| Smit with sting of his archery | A |
| Hardest ashes and oaks | F |
| Burn at the root below | G |
| Primrose violet daffodil | H |
| Start like blood where the shafts | I |
| Light from his golden bow | J |
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| Here where winter oppresses us | K |
| Still we listen and doubt | L |
| Dreading a hope betrayed | M |
| Sore we long to be greeting him | N |
| Still we linger and doubt | L |
| What if his march be stayed | M |
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| Folk in thrall to the enemy | A |
| Vanquished tilling a soil | O |
| Hateful and hostile grown | P |
| Always wearily warily | A |
| Feeding deep in the heart | Q |
| Passion they dare not own | P |
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| So we wait the deliverer | R |
| Surely soon shall he come | S |
| Soon shall his hour be due | T |
| Spring shall come with his greenery | A |
| Life be lovely again | U |
| Earth be the home we knew | T |
Henry Newbolt
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