The Twenty-fifth Of April Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFFBGHAAIIJJHKL MMNNOOLAPQQMMRRP| THIS day is Anzac Day | A |
| Made sacred by the memory | B |
| Of those who fought and died and fought and live | C |
| And gave the best that men may give | D |
| For love of Land It dawns once more | E |
| And though on alien sea and shore | E |
| The guns are silent all | F |
| Yet we with pride recall | F |
| The deeds which gave it immortality | B |
| Great deeds are deathless things | G |
| The doer dies but not the deed | H |
| And when upon that fateful April day | A |
| Our Anzacs throwing all but love away | A |
| Gave life and limb for Honour's sake | I |
| With Freedom tremblingly at stake | I |
| They lit a beacon light | J |
| Imperishable bright | J |
| That evermore the Nation's soul shall heed | H |
| Not Peace not Peace alone | K |
| Can make a nation great and good | L |
| And bring it that full stature strength and grace | M |
| That fit it for an age enduring place | M |
| In men's regard Through storm and strife | N |
| It runs to sweet and noble life | N |
| For through its veins there runs | O |
| The valour of great sons | O |
| Who died to give it stately nationhood | L |
| This day is Anzac Day | A |
| Made sacred by the thrilling thought | P |
| Of those who proved their souls it reappears | Q |
| And thus 'twill dawn and dawn through future years | Q |
| Till Time our petty deeds efface | M |
| And others dwelling in our place | M |
| Tell o'er with tongue and pen | R |
| The glorious tale again | R |
| Of how on beach and crag the Anzacs fought | P |
Roderic Quinn
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