The Call Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDDC ECFFFC GCHHHC ICJJJC KCDDDC HCLLLC| France August first | A |
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| Far and near high and clear | B |
| Hark to the call of War | C |
| Over the gorse and the golden dells | D |
| Ringing and swinging of clamorous bells | D |
| Praying and saying of wild farewells | D |
| War War War | C |
| - | |
| High and low all must go | E |
| Hark to the shout of War | C |
| Leave to the women the harvest yield | F |
| Gird ye men for the sinister field | F |
| A sabre instead of a scythe to wield | F |
| War Red War | C |
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| Rich and poor lord and boor | G |
| Hark to the blast of War | C |
| Tinker and tailor and millionaire | H |
| Actor in triumph and priest in prayer | H |
| Comrades now in the hell out there | H |
| Sweep to the fire of War | C |
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| Prince and page sot and sage | I |
| Hark to the roar of War | C |
| Poet professor and circus clown | J |
| Chimney sweeper and fop o' the town | J |
| Into the pot and be melted down | J |
| Into the pot of War | C |
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| Women all hear the call | K |
| The pitiless call of War | C |
| Look your last on your dearest ones | D |
| Brothers and husbands fathers sons | D |
| Swift they go to the ravenous guns | D |
| The gluttonous guns of War | C |
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| Everywhere thrill the air | H |
| The maniac bells of War | C |
| There will be little of sleeping to night | L |
| There will be wailing and weeping to night | L |
| Death's red sickle is reaping to night | L |
| War War War | C |
Robert Service
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