Our First War-christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBBABABCDDCCBDB| HARD to wait for the postman's tramp | A |
| Up the snowy walk for the hand that gropes | B |
| Deep in his pack while the children tease | B |
| For the rainbow ribboned packages | B |
| And women wax faint with their fearful hopes | B |
| For those tattered grimy envelopes | B |
| With the foreign stamp | A |
| Word dear word from overseas | B |
| From the fleet the trench the camp | A |
| Oh not jewels nor curious toys | B |
| Of art and fashion no gift most rare | C |
| Can gladden those eyes that weep in the hush | D |
| Of lonely nights can bring the flush | D |
| To faces white with their silent prayer | C |
| Like the letters precious beyond compare | C |
| From our soldier boys | B |
| Letters to laugh over cry over crush | D |
| To the lips our Christmas joys | B |
Katharine Lee Bates
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