When I'm Killed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC ADAEFF AGAGHHWhen I'm killed don't think of me | A |
Buried there in Cambrin Wood | B |
Nor as in Zion think of me | A |
With the Intolerable Good | B |
And there's one thing that I know well | C |
I'm damned if I'll be damned to Hell | C |
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So when I'm killed don't wait for me | A |
Walking the dim corridor | D |
In Heaven or Hell don't wait for me | A |
Or you must wait for evermore | E |
You'll find me buried living dead | F |
In these verses that you've read | F |
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So when I'm killed don't mourn for me | A |
Shot poor lad so bold and young | G |
Killed and gone don't mourn for me | A |
On your lips my life is hung | G |
O friends and lovers you can save | H |
Your playfellow from the grave | H |
Robert Graves
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