The Last Question: (for B. A. Bingham) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CBC ADA EDE| They lifted up his weary head | A |
| Stained with a dark and bitter dew | B |
| 'How does the battle go ' he said | A |
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| Sir it is victory ' when he heard | C |
| He smiled the darkening shadows through | B |
| And died as blithe as a singing bird | C |
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| On the stained grass as on a bed | A |
| Dying he lay and well content | D |
| 'Sir it is victory ' they said | A |
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| So smiling smiling all the way | E |
| To the undying Dead he went | D |
| As to a heavenly holiday | E |
Katharine Tynan
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