On The Photograph Of A Corps Commander Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAC DEFEGF HIJIKL MMNMMO| Ay man is manly Here you see | A |
| The warrior carriage of the head | B |
| And brave dilation of the frame | C |
| And lighting all the soul that led | B |
| In Spottsylvania's charge to victory | A |
| Which justifies his fame | C |
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| A cheering picture It is good | D |
| To look upon a Chief like this | E |
| In whom the spirit moulds the form | F |
| Here favoring Nature oft remiss | E |
| With eagle mien expressive has endued | G |
| A man to kindle strains that warm | F |
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| Trace back his lineage and his sires | H |
| Yeoman or noble you shall find | I |
| Enrolled with men of Agincourt | J |
| Heroes who shared great Harry's mind | I |
| Down to us come the knightly Norman fires | K |
| And front the Templars bore | L |
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| Nothing can lift the heart of man | M |
| Like manhood in a fellow man | M |
| The thought of heaven's great King afar | N |
| But humbles us too weak to scan | M |
| But manly greatness men can span | M |
| And feel the bonds that draw | O |
Herman Melville
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