The Aftermath Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJKLBLBAlthough my blood I've shed | A |
In war's red wrath | B |
Oh how I darkly dread | A |
Its aftermath | B |
Oh how I fear the day | C |
Of my release | D |
When I must face the fray | C |
Of phoney peace | D |
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When I must fend again | E |
In labour strife | F |
And toil with sweat and strain | G |
For kids and wife | F |
The world is so upset | H |
I battled for | I |
That grimly I regret | H |
The peace of war | I |
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The wounds are hard to heal | J |
Of shell and shard | K |
But O the way to weal | J |
Is bitter hard | K |
Though looking back I see | L |
A gory path | B |
How bloody black can be | L |
War's Aftermath | B |
Robert Service
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