[month Of] August Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFEF| The soldier month the bulwark of the year | A |
| That never more shall hear such victories told | B |
| He stands apparent with his heaven high spear | A |
| And helmeted of grand Etruscan gold | B |
| Our harvest is the bounty he has won | C |
| The loot his fiery temper takes by strength | D |
| Oh Paladin of the Imperial sun | C |
| Oh crown of all the seasons come at length | D |
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| This is sheer manhood this is Charlemagne | E |
| When he with his wide host came conquering home | F |
| From vengeance under Roncesvalles ta'en | G |
| Or when his bramble beard flaked red with foam | F |
| Of bivouac wine cups on the Lombard plain | E |
| What time he swept to grasp the world at Rome | F |
Hilaire Belloc
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