After The Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IFIF JKJK HHLM NONO PQPQ HRHS TOTU VKVK WXYX NKNK KPKZ VA2VA2 KKKK B2KB2K

WE crown d the hard won heights at lengthA
Baptiz d in flame and fireB
We saw the foeman s sullen strengthA
That grimly made retireC
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Saw close at hand then saw more farD
Beneath the battle smokeE
The ridges of his shatter d warF
That broke and ever brokeE
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But one an English household s prideG
Dear many ways to meH
Who climb d that death path by my sideG
I sought but could not seeH
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Last seen what time our foremost rankI
That iron tempest toreF
He touch d he scal d the rampart bankI
Seen then and seen no moreF
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One friend to aid I measur d backJ
With him that pathway dreadK
No fear to wander from our trackJ
Its waymarks English deadK
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Light thicken d but our search was crown dH
As we too well divin dH
And after briefest quest we foundL
What we most fear d to findM
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His bosom with one death shot rivenN
The warrior boy lay lowO
His face was turn d unto the heavenN
His feet unto the foeO
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As he had fallen upon the plainP
Inviolate he layQ
No ruffian spoiler s hand profaneP
Had touch d that noble clayQ
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And precious things he still retain dH
Which by one distant hearthR
Lov d tokens of the lov d had gain dH
A worth beyond all worthS
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I treasur d these for them who yetT
Knew not their mighty woO
I softly seal d his eyes and setT
One kiss upon his browU
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A decent grave we scoop d him whereV
Less thickly lay the deadK
And decently compos d him thereV
Within that narrow bedK
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O theme for manhood s bitter tearsW
The beauty and the bloomX
Of less than twenty summer yearsY
Shut in that darksome tombX
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Of soldier sire the soldier sonN
Life s honor d eventideK
One lives to close in England oneN
In maiden battle diedK
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And they that should have been the mourn dK
The mourners parts obtainP
Such thoughts were ours as we return dK
To earth its earth againZ
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Brief words we read of faith and prayerV
Beside that hasty graveA2
Then turn d away and left him thereV
The gentle and the braveA2
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I calling back with thankful heartK
With thoughts to peace alliedK
Hours when we two had knelt apartK
Upon the lone hillsideK
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And comforted I prais d the graceB2
Which him had led to beK
An early seeker of that FaceB2
Which he should early seeK

Richard Chenevix Trench



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