The Aftermath Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJKLBLB| Although my blood I've shed | A |
| In war's red wrath | B |
| Oh how I darkly dread | A |
| Its aftermath | B |
| Oh how I fear the day | C |
| Of my release | D |
| When I must face the fray | C |
| Of phoney peace | D |
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| When I must fend again | E |
| In labour strife | F |
| And toil with sweat and strain | G |
| For kids and wife | F |
| The world is so upset | H |
| I battled for | I |
| That grimly I regret | H |
| The peace of war | I |
| - | |
| The wounds are hard to heal | J |
| Of shell and shard | K |
| But O the way to weal | J |
| Is bitter hard | K |
| Though looking back I see | L |
| A gory path | B |
| How bloody black can be | L |
| War's Aftermath | B |
Robert William Service
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