Stonewall Jackson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDADED FAAAGA HAAAIA| Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville | A |
| May | B |
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| - | |
| The Man who fiercest charged in fight | C |
| Whose sword and prayer were long | D |
| Stonewall | A |
| Even him who stoutly stood for Wrong | D |
| How can we praise Yet coming days | E |
| Shall not forget him with this song | D |
| - | |
| Dead is the Man whose Cause is dead | F |
| Vainly he died and set his seal | A |
| Stonewall | A |
| Earnest in error as we feel | A |
| True to the thing he deemed was due | G |
| True as John Brown or steel | A |
| - | |
| Relentlessly he routed us | H |
| But we relent for he is low | A |
| Stonewall | A |
| Justly his fame we outlaw so | A |
| We drop a tear on the bold Virginian's bier | I |
| Because no wreath we owe | A |
Herman Melville
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