The Only Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DED AFA| O Bitter wind toward the sunset blowing | A |
| What of the dales to night | B |
| In yonder gray old hall what fires are glowing | A |
| What ring of festal light | B |
| - | |
| In the great window as the day was dwindling | A |
| I saw an old man stand | C |
| His head was proudly held and his eyes kindling | A |
| But the list shook in his hand | C |
| - | |
| O wind of twilight was there no word uttered | D |
| No sound of joy or wail | E |
| 'A great fight and a good death ' he muttered | D |
| 'Trust him he would not fail ' | - |
| - | |
| What of the chamber dark where she was lying | A |
| For whom all life is done | F |
| Within her heart she rocks a dead child crying | A |
| 'My son my ltttle son ' | - |
Henry Newbolt
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