Why? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKJK

He was our leader and our guideA
He was our saviour and our starB
We walked in friendship by his sideA
Yet set him where our heroes areB
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He taught disdain of fame and wealthC
With courage he inspired our youthD
He preached the purity of healthC
And held aloft the torch of truthD
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He bade us battle for the RightE
And led us in the carnage grimF
He was to us a living lightE
And like a God we worshiped himF
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He raised us from the grievous gloomG
And brimmed our hearts with radiant cheerH
And then he climbed up to his roomG
And cut his throat from ear to earI
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Let us not judge his seeming lapseJ
His secret soul we could not seeK
He smiled and left us and perhapsJ
Death was his crowning victoryK

Robert Service



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