The Dear Brown Head Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEDD FFDD GGDD| James Cecil Johnston Suvla August th | A |
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| Only an hour ago we were fearful for you | B |
| Knowing the death and the darkness behind and before you | B |
| Years ago it might be since we were afraid | C |
| Nothing can harm you now O dear brown head | D |
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| You have come into port with a favouring wind | E |
| We are tossing yet in the seas unkind | E |
| All around you the light and glory are shed | D |
| We are in darkness without you dear brown head | D |
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| Heart and soul of a boy simple and merry | F |
| Never now to grow old never be weary | F |
| Light in the Land of the Young is your springing tread | D |
| Long and heavy the road to you dear brown head | D |
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| The House of God is full in the August days | G |
| Full of the young coming home by the bitter ways | G |
| Their beds are made near God and the table spread | D |
| And you lying down sitting down with them dear brown head | D |
Katharine Tynan
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