We Fought For - South Of The Walls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQQRHI| Died for North of the Ramparts to an old tune | A |
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| We fought for Mulberry Springs | B |
| Die now for Garlic River | C |
| Wash our swords in Parthian Seas | D |
| Feed our mounts on T ien Shan snows | E |
| Thousands of miles to and fro | F |
| The Three Armies tired and old | G |
| These Huns kill instead of ploughing | H |
| Sow white bones in desert sand | I |
| Ch in built the Great Wall | J |
| Han keeps the bright beacons | K |
| These fires never die | L |
| These wars never end | M |
| Hand to hand we fight and fail | N |
| Horses screaming to the skies | O |
| Kites and crows pick at our flesh | P |
| Perch on dead trees with our dead | Q |
| We paint the grasses red | Q |
| Because our General had a plan | R |
| The sword I say s an evil thing | H |
| A wise man keeps it from his hand | I |
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