The Night March Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDECD FGHG| With banners furled and clarions mute | A |
| An army passes in the night | B |
| And beaming spears and helms salute | A |
| The dark with bright | B |
| - | |
| In silence deep the legions stream | C |
| With open ranks in order true | D |
| Over boundless plains they stream and | E |
| gleam | C |
| No chief in view | D |
| - | |
| Afar in twinkling distance lost | F |
| So legends tell he lonely wends | G |
| And back through all that shining host | H |
| His mandate sends | G |
Herman Melville
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