Isandlwana Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCBDDDB EBEBAAAB EBEBFFFB ABAB| Scarlet coats and crash o' the band | A |
| The grey of a pauper's gown | B |
| A soldier's grave in Zululand | A |
| And a woman in Brecon Town | B |
| - | |
| My little lad for a soldier boy | C |
| Mothers o' Brecon Town | B |
| My eyes for tears and his for joy | C |
| When he went from Brecon Town | B |
| His for the flags and the gallant sights | D |
| His for the medals and his for the fights | D |
| And mine for the dreary rainy nights | D |
| At home in Brecon Town | B |
| - | |
| They say he's laid beneath a tree | E |
| Come back to Brecon Town | B |
| Shouldn't I know I was there to see | E |
| It's far to Brecon Town | B |
| It's me that keeps it trim and drest | A |
| With a briar there and a rose by his breast | A |
| The English flowers he likes the best | A |
| That I bring from Brecon Town | B |
| - | |
| And I sit beside him him and me | E |
| We're back to Brecon Town | B |
| To talk of the things that used to be | E |
| Grey ghosts of Brecon Town | B |
| I know the look o' the land and sky | F |
| And the bird that builds in the tree near by | F |
| And times I hear the jackals cry | F |
| And me in Brecon Town | B |
| - | |
| Golden grey on miles of sand | A |
| The dawn comes creeping down | B |
| It's day in far off Zululand | A |
| And night in Brecon Town | B |
John Alexander Mccrae
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