Testament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEE FGFGHHE IJIJKKLL HMHMNNHH| I feel I'd like to be alone | A |
| with you friend if you'll stay | B |
| my time on earth is nearly gone | C |
| at least that's what they say | B |
| And you'll be going home on leave | D |
| mind you what odds I do believe | D |
| to tel the truth not many | E |
| will give a brass halfpenny | E |
| - | |
| If anyone should ask of you | F |
| well anyone at all | G |
| you tell them where that bullet flew | F |
| right through the chest one ball | G |
| 'He died with honour for the Tsar' | H |
| and say how bad our surgeons are | H |
| 'and to his habitation | E |
| he sent his salutation ' | - |
| - | |
| You'll likely find that my old dad | I |
| and mother both are dead | J |
| I wouldn't want to make them sad | I |
| or send them tears to shed | J |
| but if you find that they're all right | K |
| just say I haven't time to write | K |
| the regiment's campaigning | L |
| and there's no use complaining | L |
| - | |
| They've got a woman neighbour there | H |
| God knows how long ago | M |
| we parted She will hardly care | H |
| to ask you Let it go | M |
| tell her the truth leave out no part | N |
| no need to spare an empty heart | N |
| she'll shed a tear or two there | H |
| but it means nothing to her | H |
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
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