John Mitchel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFGF HIGI GJCJ GIKI ALLLLFLFL LMLMGNGN LOLOGFGF| I | A |
| DEAD with his harness on him | B |
| Rigid and cold and white | C |
| Marking the place of the vanguard | D |
| Still in the ancient fight | C |
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| The climber dead on the hill side | E |
| Before the height is won | F |
| The workman dead on the building | G |
| Before the work is done | F |
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| O for a tongue to utter | H |
| The words that should be said | I |
| Of his worth that was silver living | G |
| That is gold and jasper dead | I |
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| Dead but the death was fitting | G |
| His life to the latest breath | J |
| Was poured like wax on the chart of right | C |
| And is sealed by the stamp of Death | J |
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| Dead but the end was fitting | G |
| First in the ranks he led | I |
| And he marks the height of his nation's gain | K |
| As he lies in his harness dead | I |
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| II | A |
| Weep for him Ireland mother lonely | L |
| Weep for the son w'ho died for thee | L |
| Wayward he was but he loved thee only | L |
| Loyal and fearless as son could be | L |
| Weep for him Ireland sorrowing nation | F |
| Faithful to all who are true to thee | L |
| Never a son in thy desolation | F |
| Had holier love for thy cause than he | L |
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| Sons of the Old Land mark the story | L |
| Mother and son in the final test | M |
| Weeping she sits in her darkened glory | L |
| Holding her dead to her stricken breast | M |
| Only the dead on her knees are lying | G |
| Ah poor mother beneath the cross | N |
| Strength is won by the constant trying | G |
| Crowns are gemmed by the tears of loss | N |
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| Sons of the Old Land mark the story | L |
| Mother and son to each other true | O |
| She called and he answered old and hoary | L |
| And gave her his life as a man should do | O |
| She may weep but for us no weeping | G |
| Tears are vain till the work is done | F |
| Tears for her but for us the keeping | G |
| Our hearts as true as her faithful son | F |
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