The Fallen Subaltern Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ABAB| The starshells float above the bayonets glisten | A |
| We bear our fallen friend without a sound | B |
| Below the waiting legions lie and listen | A |
| To us who march upon their burial ground | B |
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| Wound in the flag of England here we lay him | C |
| The guns will flash and thunder o er the grave | D |
| What other winding sheet should now array him | C |
| What other music should salute the brave | D |
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| As goes the Sun god in his chariot glorious | E |
| When all his golden banners are unfurled | F |
| So goes the soldier fallen but victorious | E |
| And leaves behind a twilight in the world | F |
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| And those who come this way in days hereafter | G |
| Will know that here a boy for England fell | H |
| Who looked at danger with the eyes of laughter | G |
| And on the charge his days were ended well | H |
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| One last salute the bayonets clash and glisten | A |
| With arms reversed we go without a sound | B |
| One more has joined the men who lie and listen | A |
| To us who march upon their burial ground | B |
Herbert Asquith
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