General Joubert Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG| Died South African War March | A |
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| With those that bred with those that loosed the strife | B |
| He had no part whose hands were clear of gain | C |
| But subtle strong and stubborn gave his life | B |
| To a lost cause and knew the gift was vain | C |
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| Later shall rise a people sane and great | D |
| Forged in strong fires by equal war made one | E |
| Telling old battles over without hate | D |
| Not least his name shall pass from sire to son | E |
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| He may not meet the onsweep of our van | F |
| In the doomed city when we close the score | G |
| Yet o'er his grave his grave that holds a man | F |
| Our deep tongued guns shall answer his once more | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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