Memories Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDEFEF GHGHIJKJ LMLNOPOP QRSRTUVU| 'The eradication of memories of the Great War SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT ORGAN | A |
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| The Socialist Government speaks | B |
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| THOUGH all the Dead were all forgot | C |
| And razed were every tomb | D |
| The Worm the Worm that dieth not | C |
| Compels Us to our doom | D |
| Though all which once was England stands | E |
| Subservient to Our will | F |
| The Dead of whom we washed Our hands | E |
| They have observance still | F |
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| We laid no finger to Their load | G |
| We multiplied Their woes | H |
| We used Their dearly opened road | G |
| To traffic with Their foes | H |
| And yet to Them men turn their eyes | I |
| To Them are vows renewed | J |
| Of Faith Obedience Sacrifice | K |
| Honour and Fortitude | J |
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| Which things must perish But Our hour | L |
| Comes not by staves or swords | M |
| So much as subtly through the power | L |
| Of small corroding words | N |
| No need to make the plot more plain | O |
| By any open thrust | P |
| But see Their memory is slain | O |
| Long ere Their bones are dust | P |
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| Wisely but yearly filch some wreath | Q |
| Lay some proud rite aside | R |
| And daily tarnish with Our breath | S |
| The ends for which They died | R |
| Distract deride decry confuse | T |
| Or if it serves Us pray | U |
| So presently We break the use | V |
| And meaning of Their day | U |
Rudyard Kipling
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