The Forefather Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JCKC LMNM OPQP RSCS| HERE at the country inn | A |
| I lie in my quiet bed | B |
| And the ardent onrush of armies | C |
| Throbs and throbs in my head | B |
| - | |
| Why in this calm sweet place | D |
| Where only silence is heard | E |
| Am I ware of the crash of conflict | F |
| Is my blood to battle stirred | E |
| - | |
| Without the night is blessed | G |
| With the smell of pines with stars | H |
| Within is the mood of slumber | I |
| The healing of daytime scars | H |
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| T is strange yet I am thrall | J |
| To epic agonies | C |
| The tumult of myriads dying | K |
| Is borne to me on the breeze | C |
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| Mayhap in the long ago | L |
| My forefather grim and stark | M |
| Stood in some hell of carnage | N |
| Faced forward fell in the dark | M |
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| And I who have always known | O |
| Peace with her dove like ways | P |
| Am gripped by his martial spirit | Q |
| Here in the after days | P |
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| I cannot rightly tell | R |
| I lie from all stress apart | S |
| And the ardent onrush of armies | C |
| Surges hot through my heart | S |
Richard Francis Burton
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