Ball's Bluff: A Reverie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBDB EFFGFGF HIIJIJI| One noonday at my window in the town | A |
| I saw a sight saddest that eyes can see | B |
| Young soldiers marching lustily | C |
| Unto the wars | D |
| With fifes and flags in mottoed pageantry | B |
| While all the porches walks and doors | D |
| Were rich with ladies cheering royally | B |
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| They moved like Juny morning on the wave | E |
| Their hearts were fresh as clover in its prime | F |
| It was the breezy summer time | F |
| Life throbbed so strong | G |
| How should they dream that Death in rosy clime | F |
| Would come to thin their shining throng | G |
| Youth feels immortal like the gods sublime | F |
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| Weeks passed and at my window leaving bed | H |
| By nights I mused of easeful sleep bereft | I |
| On those brave boys Ah War thy theft | I |
| Some marching feet | J |
| Found pause at last by cliffs Potomac cleft | I |
| Wakeful I mused while in the street | J |
| Far footfalls died away till none were left | I |
Herman Melville
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