A Nameless Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCBBCDEFDEF| 'A soldier of the Union mustered out ' | A |
| Is the inscription on an unknown grave | B |
| At Newport News beside the salt sea wave | B |
| Nameless and dateless sentinel or scout | C |
| Shot down in skirmish or disastrous rout | C |
| Of battle when the loud artillery drave | B |
| Its iron wedges through the ranks of brave | B |
| And doomed battalions storming the redoubt | C |
| Thou unknown hero sleeping by the sea | D |
| In thy forgotten grave with secret shame | E |
| I feel my pulses beat my forehead burn | F |
| When I remember thou hast given for me | D |
| All that thou hadst thy life thy very name | E |
| And I can give thee nothing in return | F |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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