It Was My Fault[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGDHHDThose men are deemed heroes who rush on the foe | A |
Regardless of danger and seek not to know | A |
What others may do | B |
Stern duty demands it why should they falter | C |
If all they hold dear is laid on the altar | C |
And conscience be true | B |
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The greatest of all is the man who can say | D |
When battle is over and foe gained the day | D |
The fault was in me | E |
My plan miscarried through miscalculation | F |
On me rests the blame and not on the nation | F |
My soldiers are free | E |
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In George Stewart White and men of like mind | G |
Our nation can rest for in them you will find | G |
A true manliness | D |
Their failures acknowledged are failures no more | H |
Defeat to such men only opens the door | H |
To future success | D |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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