The Dumb Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEAA AAFF FFGG HHFF IIJJ KKAA LLMM| When the grass was closely mown | A |
| Walking on the lawn alone | A |
| In the turf a hole I found | B |
| And hid a soldier underground | B |
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| Spring and daisies came apace | C |
| Grasses hid my hiding place | C |
| Grasses run like a green sea | D |
| O'er the lawn up to my knee | D |
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| Under grass alone he lies | E |
| Looking up with leaden eyes | E |
| Scarlet coat and pointed gun | A |
| To the stars and to the sun | A |
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| When the grass is ripe like grain | A |
| When the scythe is stoned again | A |
| When the lawn is shaven clear | F |
| Then my hole shall reappear | F |
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| I shall find him never fear | F |
| I shall find my grenadier | F |
| But for all that's gone and come | G |
| I shall find my soldier dumb | G |
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| He has lived a little thing | H |
| In the grassy woods of spring | H |
| Done if he could tell me true | F |
| Just as I should like to do | F |
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| He has seen the starry hours | I |
| And the springing of the flowers | I |
| And the fairy things that pass | J |
| In the forests of the grass | J |
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| In the silence he has heard | K |
| Talking bee and ladybird | K |
| And the butterfly has flown | A |
| O'er him as he lay alone | A |
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| Not a word will he disclose | L |
| Not a word of all he knows | L |
| I must lay him on the shelf | M |
| And make up the tale myself | M |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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