The Alcázar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEFEGHGI BJBJKLML KNMOPQPQ| The General now lives in town | A |
| He's eighty odd they say | B |
| You'll see him strolling up and down | A |
| The Prada any day | B |
| He goes to every football game | C |
| The bull ring knows his voice | D |
| And when the people cheer his name | C |
| Moscardo must rejoice | D |
| - | |
| Yet does he in the gaiety | B |
| Of opera and ball | E |
| A dingy little cellar see | F |
| A picture on a wall | E |
| A portrait of a laughing boy | G |
| Of sixteen singing years | H |
| Oh does his heart dilate with joy | G |
| Or dim his eyes with tears | I |
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| And can he hear a wistful lad | B |
| Speak on the telephone | J |
| Hello How is it with you Dad | B |
| That's right I'm all alone | J |
| They say they'll shoot me at the dawn | K |
| If you do not give in | L |
| But never mind Dad carry on | M |
| You know we've got to win | L |
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| And so they shot him at the dawn | K |
| No bandage irked his eyes | N |
| A lonely lad so wistful wan | M |
| He made his sacrifice | O |
| he saw above the Citadel | P |
| His flag of glory fly | Q |
| And crying long live Spain he fell | P |
| And died as heroes die | Q |
Robert Service
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