Old Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCB DDDB

WE wander now who marched beforeA
Hawking our bran from door to doorA
While other men from the mill take their flourB
So it is to be an Old SoldierB
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Old bare and sore we look on the houndC
Turning upon the stiff frozen groundC
Nosing the mould with the night aroundC
So it is to be an Old SoldierB
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And we who once rang out like a bellD
Have nothing now to show or to sellD
Old bones to carry old stories to tellD
So it is to be an Old SoldierB

Padraic Colum



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