Corporal Stare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHIIFJKK FKFFKKKKFFKK| Back from the line one night in June | A |
| I gave a dinner at Bethune | A |
| Seven courses the most gorgeous meal | B |
| Money could buy or batman steal | B |
| Five hungry lads welcomed the fish | C |
| With shouts that nearly cracked the dish | C |
| Asparagus came with tender tops | D |
| Strawberries in cream and mutton chops | D |
| Said Jenkins as my hand he shook | E |
| They'll put this in the history book | E |
| We bawled Church anthems in choro | F |
| Of Bethlehem and Hermon snow | G |
| With drinking songs a jolly sound | H |
| To help the good red Pommard round | H |
| Stories and laughter interspersed | I |
| We drowned a long La Bass e thirst | I |
| Trenches in June make throats damned dry | F |
| Then through the window suddenly | J |
| Badge stripes and medals all complete | K |
| We saw him swagger up the street | K |
| Just like a live man Corporal Stare | F |
| Stare Killed last May at Festubert | K |
| Caught on patrol near the Boche wire | F |
| Tom horribly by machine gun fire | F |
| He paused saluted smartly grinned | K |
| Then passed away like a puff of wind | K |
| Leaving us blank astonishment | K |
| The song broke up we started leant | K |
| Out of the window nothing there | F |
| Not the least shadow of Corporal Stare | F |
| Only a quiver of smoke that showed | K |
| A fag end dropped on the silent road | K |
Robert Von Ranke Graves
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