The School At War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ DKDKAll night before the brink of death | A |
In fitful sleep the army lay | B |
For through the dream that stilled their breath | A |
Too gauntly glared the coming day | B |
- | |
But we within whose blood there leaps | C |
The fulness of a life as wide | D |
As Avon's water where he sweeps | C |
Seaward at last with Severn's tide | D |
- | |
We heard beyond the desert night | E |
The murmur of the fields we knew | F |
And our swift souls with one delight | E |
Like homing swallows Northward flew | F |
- | |
We played again the immortal games | G |
And grappled with the fierce old friends | H |
And cheered the dead undying names | G |
And sang the song that never ends | H |
- | |
Till when the hard familiar bell | I |
Told that the summer night was late | J |
Where long ago we said farewell | I |
We said farewell by the old gate | J |
- | |
O Captains unforgot they cried | D |
Come you again or come no more | K |
Across the world you keep the pride | D |
Across the world we mark the score | K |
Henry Newbolt
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The School At War poem by Henry Newbolt
Best Poems of Henry Newbolt