Decorations Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDE FFGGHH IJKKHH LLMMAAMy only medals are the scars | A |
I've won in weary peacetime wars | B |
A fighting for my little brood | C |
To win them shelter shoon and food | C |
But most of all to give them faith | D |
In God's good mercy unto death | E |
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My sons have medals gleaming bright | F |
Proud trophies won in foreign fight | F |
But though their crosses bravely shine | G |
My boys can show no wounds like mine | G |
Grim gashes dolorously healed | H |
And inner ailings unrevealed | H |
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Life lasting has my battle been | I |
My enemy a fierce machine | J |
And I am marked by many a blow | K |
In conflict with a tireless foe | K |
Till warped and bent beneath the beat | H |
Of life's unruth I own defeat | H |
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Yet strip me bare and you will see | L |
A worthy warrior I be | L |
Although no uniform I've worn | M |
By wounds of labour I am torn | M |
Leave the their ribbands and their stars | A |
Behold I proudly prize my scars | A |
Robert William Service
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