Good Shot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDCB EEFF GGHH IIAA JKLL MMCCAt great reunion of the South | A |
Of those had faced the cannon's mouth | A |
Where each could show a glorious scar | B |
He had received in the war | C |
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And there was an artillery major | D |
Said he I am free to wager | D |
I fired the best shot in the war | C |
And fame of it was heard afar | B |
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The Federals fired at us a shell | E |
And near our battery it fell | E |
It gave us momentary alarm | F |
But it caused us little harm | F |
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For the fuse it ceased to burn | G |
And I resolved shell to return | G |
To the same spot from whence it came | H |
I put in fuse was sure to flame | H |
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From mortar's mouth it went forth | I |
Seeking for vengeance on the North | I |
And this swift messenger from South | A |
It entered their great cannon's mouth | A |
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And blew the gun all into atoms | J |
Which left desolate many homes | K |
But North had justice on her side | L |
In truth and virtue was her pride | L |
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And high Heaven had well decreed | M |
That the poor slave he should be freed | M |
And even the South doth prosper more | C |
With freedom than she did before | C |
James Mcintyre
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