Malvern Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCECFFGG HIHIJIHHHH HKLKHKHHHHBMBBM| July | A |
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| Ye elms that wave on Malvern Hill | B |
| In prime of morn and May | C |
| Recall ye how McClellan's men | D |
| Here stood at bay | C |
| While deep within yon forest dim | E |
| Our rigid comrades lay | C |
| Some with the cartridge in their mouth | F |
| Others with fixed arms lifted South | F |
| Invoking so | G |
| The cypress glades Ah wilds of woe | G |
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| The spires of Richmond late beheld | H |
| Through rifts in musket haze | I |
| Were closed from view in clouds of dust | H |
| On leaf walled ways | I |
| Where streamed our wagons in caravan | J |
| And the Seven Nights and Days | I |
| Of march and fast retreat and fight | H |
| Pinched our grimed faces to ghastly plight | H |
| Does the elm wood | H |
| Recall the haggard beards of blood | H |
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| The battle smoked flag with stars eclipsed | H |
| We followed it never fell | K |
| In silence husbanded our strength | L |
| Received their yell | K |
| Till on this slope we patient turned | H |
| With cannon ordered well | K |
| Reverse we proved was not defeat | H |
| But ah the sod what thousands meet | H |
| Does Malvern Wood | H |
| Bethink itself and muse and brood | H |
| We elms of Malvern Hill | B |
| Remember everything | M |
| But sap the twig will fill | B |
| Wag the world how it will | B |
| Leaves must be green in Spring | M |
Herman Melville
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