The Convalescent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD HHII| So I walked among the willows very quietly all night | A |
| There was no moon at all at all no timid star alight | A |
| There was no light at all at all I wint from tree to tree | B |
| And I called him as his mother called but he nivver answered me | B |
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| Oh I called him all the night time as I walked the wood alone | C |
| And I listened and I listened but I nivver heard a moan | C |
| Then I found him at the dawnin' when the sorry sky was red | D |
| I was lookin' for the livin' but I only found the dead | D |
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| Sure I know that it was Shamus by the silver cross he wore | E |
| But the bugles they were callin' and I heard the cannon roar | E |
| Oh I had no time to tarry so I said a little prayer | F |
| And I clasped his hands together and I left him lyin' there | F |
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| Now the birds are singin' singin' and I'm home in Donegal | G |
| And it's Springtime and I'm thinkin' that I only dreamed it all | G |
| I dreamed about that evil wood all crowded with its dead | D |
| Where I knelt beside me brother when the battle dawn was red | D |
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| Where I prayed beside me brother ere I wint to fight anew | H |
| Such dreams as these are evil dreams I can't believe it's true | H |
| Where all is love and laughter sure it's hard to think of loss | I |
| But mother's sayin' nothin' and she clasps a silver cross | I |
Robert William Service
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