The Soldier-s Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF BGEE HHII JJEE| The day was o er and in their tent the weaned victors met | A |
| In wine and social gaiety the carnage to forget | A |
| The merry laugh and sparkling jest the pleasant tale were there | B |
| Each heart was free and gladsome then each brow devoid of care | B |
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| Yet one was absent from the board who ever was the first | C |
| In every joyous festive scene in every mirthful burst | C |
| He also was the first to dare each perilous command | D |
| To rush on danger yet was he the youngest of the band | D |
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| Upon the battle field he lay a damp and fearful grave | E |
| His right hand grasped the cherished flag the flag he died to save | E |
| While the cold stars shone calmly down on heaps of fallen dead | F |
| And their pale light a halo cast round that fair sleeper s head | F |
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| Say was there none o er that young chief to shed one single tear | B |
| To sorrow o er the end of his untimely stopt career | G |
| Yes but alas the boundless sea its foam and crested wave | E |
| Lay then between those beings dear and his cold cheerless grave | E |
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| With all a mother s doting love a mother yearned for him | H |
| And watching for his quick return a sister s eye grew dim | H |
| And dearer still a gentle girl his fair affianced bride | I |
| And yet with all these loving ones unfriended had he died | I |
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| No woman s low sweet voice was near one soothing word to say | J |
| Or gentle hand from his cold brow to wipe the damps away | J |
| But yet why should we grieve for him that hero gallant brave | E |
| His was a soldier s glorious death a soldier s glorious grave | E |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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