The Call Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDDC ECFFFC GCHHHC ICJJJC KCDDDC HCLLLCFrance August first | A |
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Far and near high and clear | B |
Hark to the call of War | C |
Over the gorse and the golden dells | D |
Ringing and swinging of clamorous bells | D |
Praying and saying of wild farewells | D |
War War War | C |
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High and low all must go | E |
Hark to the shout of War | C |
Leave to the women the harvest yield | F |
Gird ye men for the sinister field | F |
A sabre instead of a scythe to wield | F |
War Red War | C |
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Rich and poor lord and boor | G |
Hark to the blast of War | C |
Tinker and tailor and millionaire | H |
Actor in triumph and priest in prayer | H |
Comrades now in the hell out there | H |
Sweep to the fire of War | C |
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Prince and page sot and sage | I |
Hark to the roar of War | C |
Poet professor and circus clown | J |
Chimney sweeper and fop o' the town | J |
Into the pot and be melted down | J |
Into the pot of War | C |
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Women all hear the call | K |
The pitiless call of War | C |
Look your last on your dearest ones | D |
Brothers and husbands fathers sons | D |
Swift they go to the ravenous guns | D |
The gluttonous guns of War | C |
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Everywhere thrill the air | H |
The maniac bells of War | C |
There will be little of sleeping to night | L |
There will be wailing and weeping to night | L |
Death's red sickle is reaping to night | L |
War War War | C |
Robert William Service
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