Leach The Engineer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHII JJEE KLMM NNOO| The engineer who drives the train | A |
| From scalds he oft doth suffer pain | A |
| And they are more noble scars | B |
| Than hirelings gain in foreign wars | C |
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| Our hero's name should live forever | D |
| Train wrecked in Columbia River | D |
| And fatal scalded was Frank Leach | E |
| In mid the river far from beach | E |
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| Heroic deed it should be sung | F |
| Though his flesh in ribbons hung | F |
| He saw a man who could not swim | G |
| And he resolved to rescue him | G |
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| And success his efforts crowned | H |
| He saved the man from being drowned | H |
| For him upon his back he bore | I |
| And boldly swam with him to shore | I |
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| Heroic deed we now enroll | J |
| And grave it deep on fame's scroll | J |
| For this great truth we wish to teach | E |
| High 'mong our heroes ranks Frank Leach | E |
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| When he had but short time to live | K |
| His strength and skill he both did give | L |
| His poor fellow man to save | M |
| From laying in a watery grave | M |
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| The heroes oft in days of old | N |
| Were those who hired to fight for gold | N |
| But the true heroes we revere | O |
| Doth fight for home and country dear | O |
James Mcintyre
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