Within The Alamo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJIKLALMNON PBQB RSTSUBLBVWXWYZA2ZB2E VG| He drew a straight line | A |
| Across the dirt floor | B |
| Within it was death still | C |
| Without was a roar | B |
| And a scream of the trumpets | D |
| Within was a Word | E |
| And a line drawn clean | F |
| By the sweep of a sword | G |
| No help was coming now | H |
| That hope was done | I |
| No more the free air | J |
| no more the sun | I |
| Bright on the blue leagues | K |
| Of buffalo clover | L |
| Travis drew a line | A |
| And they all crossed over | L |
| Travis had a wife at home | M |
| Travis was young | N |
| Travis had a little boy | O |
| Whose tight arms clung | N |
| But Travis saw a far light | P |
| Shining before | B |
| Travis drew a sword cut | Q |
| Across the dirt floor | B |
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| And now the old fort stands | R |
| Placid and dim | S |
| Blinking and dreaming | T |
| Of them and of him | S |
| And now past the Plaza | U |
| Other tides roar | B |
| since Travis wrote Valor | L |
| Across the sand floor | B |
| And the guns they will rust | V |
| And the captains will go | W |
| And an end come at last | X |
| To the wars that we know | W |
| But as long as there travails | Y |
| A Spirit in man | Z |
| In a war that was ancient | A2 |
| Before Time began | Z |
| Here will the brave come | B2 |
| To read a high Word | E |
| Cut clean in the dust | V |
| By the stroke of a sword | G |
Karle Wilson Baker
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