The Soldier's Funeral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFG HHII JJCC KKLL BBCC MNBBOO| The muffled drum rolled on the air | A |
| Warriors with stately step were there | A |
| On every arm was the black crape bound | B |
| Every carbine was turned to the ground | B |
| Solemn the sound of their measured tread | C |
| As silent and slow they followed the dead | C |
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| The riderless horse was led in the rear | D |
| There were white plumes waving over the bier | E |
| Helmet and sword were laid on the pall | F |
| For it was a soldier's funeral | G |
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| That soldier had stood on the battle plain | H |
| Where every step was over the slain | H |
| But the brand and the ball had passed him by | I |
| And he came to his native land to die | I |
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| 'Twas hard to come to that native land | J |
| And not clasp one familiar hand | J |
| 'Twas hard to be numbered amid the dead | C |
| Before he could hear his welcome said | C |
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| But 'twas something to see its cliffs once more | K |
| And to lay his bones on his own loved shore | K |
| To think that the friends of his youth might weep | L |
| O'er the green grass turf of the soldier's sleep | L |
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| The bugles ceased their wailing sound | B |
| As the coffin was lowered into the ground | B |
| A volley was fired a blessing said | C |
| One moment's pause and they left the dead | C |
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| I saw a poor and aged man | M |
| His step was feeble his cheek was wan | N |
| He knelt him down on the new raised mound | B |
| His face was bowed on the cold damp ground | B |
| He raised his head his tears were done | O |
| The father had prayed o'er his only son | O |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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