Old Fighting-men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE DDAB| All the world over nursing their scars | A |
| Sit the old fighting men broke in the wars | B |
| Sit the old fighting men surly and grim | C |
| Mocking the lilt of the conquerors' hymn | C |
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| Dust of the battle o'erwhelmed them and hid | D |
| Fame never found them for aught that they did | D |
| Wounded and spent to the lazar they drew | E |
| Lining the road where the Legions roll through | E |
| - | |
| Sons of the Laurel who press to your meed | D |
| Worthy God's pity most you who succeed | D |
| Ere you go triumphing crowned to the stars | A |
| Pity poor fighting men broke in the wars | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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