When It Is Finished Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEC FGFGHHIJ| WHEN it is finished Father and we set | A |
| The war stained buckler and the bright blade by | B |
| Bid us remember then what bloody sweat | A |
| What thorns what agony | C |
| Purchased our wreaths of harvest and ripe ears | D |
| Whose empty hands whose empty hearts whose tears | E |
| Ransomed the days to be | C |
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| We leave them to Thee Father we've no price | F |
| No utmost treasure of the seas and lands | G |
| No words no deeds to pay their sacrifice | F |
| Only while England stands | G |
| Their pearl their pride their altar not their grave | H |
| Bid us remember in what days they gave | H |
| All that mankind may give | I |
| That we might live | J |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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