Mesopotamia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLJK MNMN| A | |
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| They shall not return to us the resolute the young | B |
| The eager and whole hearted whom we gave | C |
| But the men who left them thriftily to die in their own dung | B |
| Shall they come with years and honour to the grave | C |
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| They shall not return to us the strong men coldly slain | D |
| In sight of help denied from day to day | E |
| But the men who edged their agonies and chid them in their pain | D |
| Are they too strong and wise to put away | E |
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| Our dead shall not return to us while Day and Night divide | F |
| Never while the bars of sunset hold | G |
| But the idle minded overlings who quibbled while they died | F |
| Shall they thrust for high employments as of old | G |
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| Shall we only threaten and be angry for an hour | H |
| When the storm is ended shall we find | I |
| How softly but how swiftly they have sidled back to power | H |
| By the favour and contrivance of their kind | I |
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| Even while they soothe us while they promise large amends | J |
| Even while they make a show of fear | K |
| Do they call upon their debtors and take counsel with their | L |
| friends | J |
| To conform and re establish each career | K |
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| Their lives cannot repay us their death could not undo | M |
| The shame that they have laid upon our race | N |
| But the slothfulness that wasted and the arrogance that slew | M |
| Shell we leave it unabated in its place | N |
Rudyard Kipling
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