Salut Aux Blessis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIJKLJL MNONPQRQ| A group of mounted officers | A |
| Ride up and fall in line | B |
| Their gleaming swords hang at their sides | C |
| Chevrons their arms entwine | B |
| They bare their heads as pass along | D |
| A train of wounded men | E |
| Their shattered comrades from the field | F |
| They ne'er may meet again | E |
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| Salut aux Blessis loud they cry | G |
| The wounded soldiers hear | H |
| And for a time forget their pain | I |
| And swell the lusty cheer | J |
| Thus should it be in other lines | K |
| The men who lead the van | L |
| Should e'er accord a brother's cheer | J |
| To every wounded man | L |
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| The rank and file the wounds receive | M |
| Sometimes the leader too | N |
| But honest wounds none should despise | O |
| The bearer may be true | N |
| He stood his ground 'gainst mighty odds | P |
| And dared the shot and shell | Q |
| So bare your heads ye scarless ones | R |
| And say Thou hast done well | Q |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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