The Quesion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IJKJ LALA ABABAB| Brethren how shall it fare with me | A |
| When the war is laid aside | B |
| If it be proven that I am he | A |
| For whom a world has died | B |
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| If it be proven that all my good | C |
| And the greater good I will make | D |
| Were purchased me by a multitude | E |
| Who suffered for my sake | D |
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| That I was delivered by mere mankind | F |
| Vowed to one sacrifice | G |
| And not as I hold them battle blind | F |
| But dying with open eyes | H |
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| That they did not ask me to draw the sword | I |
| When they stood to endure their lot | J |
| That they only looked to me for a word | K |
| And I answered I knew them not | J |
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| If it be found when the battle clears | L |
| Their death has set me free | A |
| Then how shall I live with myself through the years | L |
| Which they have bought for me | A |
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| Brethren how must it fare with me | A |
| Or how am I justified | B |
| If it be proven that I am he | A |
| For whom mankind has died | B |
| If it be proven that I am he | A |
| Who being questioned denied | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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