The Young Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEF GGHI JJKK HHGG| Since you were so young child I shall | A |
| Not fear your noon or even fall | B |
| Nor dread you are taken unawares | C |
| Nor weary Heaven with many prayers | C |
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| I shall not wake at night afraid | D |
| Of where your darling head is laid | D |
| Nor say 'He finds the wind too rough | E |
| Dear God ' for now the wind's left off | F |
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| I shall have ease though lightnings leap | G |
| Nor hear the thunder in my sleep | G |
| Nor dread the crying of the seas | H |
| Nor any mountain precipice | I |
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| God pity her who lies awake | J |
| Unquiet for some darling sake | J |
| Soft sleeps my little son to night | K |
| Where many stars make candlelight | K |
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| His sword is laid beside his knees | H |
| God knows my little son hath ease | H |
| And I his mother may go sleep | G |
| And pray for them who wake and weep | G |
Katharine Tynan
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