Arms And The Man. - The French In The Trenches. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDBEECFFC GGHIIH| And as the allied hosts advance | A |
| All the left wing is given to France | A |
| Is given to France and Fame | B |
| Yes these together always ride | C |
| The Dioscouroi of the tide | C |
| Where War plays out the game | B |
| And that broad front 'tis her's to hold | D |
| With hand of iron heart of gold | D |
| And helmet plumed with flame | B |
| Across the river broad she sends | E |
| DeChoisy and Lauzun where ends | E |
| The leaguer far and wide | C |
| While Weedon seconds as he may | F |
| The gallant Frenchmen in array | F |
| Upon the Gloucester side | C |
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| As waves hurled on a stranded keel | G |
| Make all the oaken timbers reel | G |
| With many a pond'rous blow | H |
| So day by day and night by night | I |
| The French like billows foaming white | I |
| Thunder against the foe | H |
James Barron Hope
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