Fighting For Conquest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DEFE GHIH JBBK| 'Tis noble for to fight for home | A |
| But some nations fight to plunder | B |
| For conquest o'er the world to roam | A |
| To tear peaceful lands asunder | B |
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| For to give wealth and a great name | C |
| To some aspiring commander | B |
| Who wishes to acquire great fame | C |
| As a modern Alexander | B |
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| Statesmen and kings a war will wage | D |
| And many thousands strew the plain | E |
| Covered with gore in the carnage | F |
| Where brave and noble men are slain | E |
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| Leaving their families to mourn | G |
| Now who can soothe the ills of life | H |
| To them they never shall return | I |
| No one can now cheer the poor wife | H |
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| Or the sweet little orphans dear | J |
| Think of father and of mother | B |
| Of sweetheart sister and of brother | B |
| Who oft will shed the fruitless tear | K |
James Mcintyre
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