The Soldier's Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB FBFB GHGH IJIJ KLML NOPO QROR| THERE'S a white stone placed upon yonder tomb | A |
| Beneath is a soldier lying | B |
| The death wound came amid sword and plume | A |
| When banner and ball were flying | B |
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| Yet now he sleeps the turf on his breast | C |
| By wet wild flowers surrounded | D |
| The church shadow falls o'er the place of his rest | C |
| Where the steps of his childhood bounded | D |
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| There were tears that fell from manly eyes | E |
| There was woman's gentle weeping | B |
| And the wailing of age and infant cries | E |
| O'er the grave where he lies sleeping | B |
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| He had left his home in his spirit's pride | F |
| With his father's sword and blessing | B |
| He stood with the valiant side by side | F |
| His country's wrongs redressing | B |
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| He came again in the light of his fame | G |
| When the red campaign was over | H |
| One heart that in secret had kept his name | G |
| Was claimed by the soldier lover | H |
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| But the cloud of strife came upon the sky | I |
| He left his sweet home for battle | J |
| Left his young child's lisp for the loud war cry | I |
| And the cannon's long death rattle | J |
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| He came again but an altered man | K |
| The path of the grave was before him | L |
| And the smile that he wore was cold and wan | M |
| For the shadow of death hung o'er him | L |
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| He spoke of victory spoke of cheer | N |
| These are the words that are vainly spoken | O |
| To the childless mother or orphan's ear | P |
| Or the widow whose heart is broken | O |
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| A helmet and sword are engraved on the stone | Q |
| Half hidden by yonder willow | R |
| There he sleeps whose death in battle was won | O |
| But he died on his own home pillow | R |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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