The Man In Gray Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDCB EFEG H IJKJKJIJ LMLM H NONONONO PQPQ| Again in dreams the veteran hears | A |
| The bugle and the drum | B |
| Again the boom of battle nears | C |
| Again the bullets hum | B |
| Again he mounts again he cheers | C |
| Again his charge speeds home | D |
| O memories of those long gone years | C |
| O years that are to come | B |
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| We live in dreams as well as deeds in thoughts as well as acts | E |
| And life through things we feel not know is realized the most | F |
| The conquered are the conquerors despite the face of facts | E |
| If they still feel their cause was just who fought for it and lost | G |
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| II | H |
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| Again in thought he hears at dawn | I |
| The far reveille die | J |
| Again he marches stern and wan | K |
| Beneath a burning sky | J |
| He bivouacs the night comes on | K |
| His comrades 'round him lie | J |
| O memories of the years long gone | I |
| O years that now go by | J |
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| The vintager of Earth is War is War whose grapes are men | L |
| Into his wine vats armies go his wine vats steaming red | M |
| The crimson vats of battle where he stalks as in a den | L |
| Drunk with the must of Hell that spurts beneath his iron tread | M |
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| III | H |
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| Again in mind he's lying where | N |
| The trenches slay with heat | O |
| Again his flag floats o'er him fair | N |
| In charge or fierce retreat | O |
| Again all's lost again despair | N |
| Makes death seem three times sweet | O |
| O years of tears that crowned his hair | N |
| With laurels of defeat | O |
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| There is reward for those who dare for those who dare and do | P |
| Who face the dark inevitable who fall and know no shame | Q |
| Upon their banner triumph sits and in the horn they blew | P |
| Naught's lost if honor be not lost defeat is but a name | Q |
Madison Julius Cawein
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