Portent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCEEFEF GHGHEFEF IHIHJFJF KAKLMFFF GEGEEFEF FNFNGFGF

Courage mes garsA
La guerre est procheB
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I plant my little plot of beansC
I sit beneath my cyprus treeD
I do not know what trouble meansC
I cultivate tranquillityE
But as to day my walk I madeE
In all serenity and cheerF
I saw cut in an agave bladeE
Courage my comrades war is nearF
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Seward I went my feet were slowG
Awhile I dowsed upon the shoreH
And then I roused with fear for loG
I saw six grisly ships of warH
A grim grey line of might and dreadE
Against the skyline looming sheerF
With horror to myself I saidE
Courage my comrades war is nearF
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I saw my cottage on the hillI
With rambling roses round the doorH
It was so peaceful and so stillI
I sighed and then it was no moreH
A flash of flame a rubble heapJ
I cried aloud with woe and fearF
And wok myself from troubled sleepJ
My home was safe war was not nearF
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Oh I am old my step is frailK
My carcase bears a score of scarsA
And as I climbed my homeward trailK
Sadly I thought of other warsL
And when that agave leaf I sawM
With vicious knife I made a blearF
Of words clean cut into the rawF
Courage my comrades war is nearF
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Who put hem there I do not knowG
One of these rabid reds no doubtE
But I for freedom struck my blowG
With bitter blade I scraped them outE
There now said I I will forgetE
And smoke my pipe and drink my beerF
Yet in my mind these words were setE
Courage my comrades war is nearF
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Courage my comrades war is nearF
I hear afar its hateful drumsN
Its horrid din assails my earF
I hope I die before it comesN
Yet as into the town I goG
And listen to the rabble cheerF
I think with heart of weary woeG
War is not coming WAR IS HEREF

Robert William Service



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