The Verdicts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IEIJ KLKL MNMN| Not in the thick of the fight | A |
| Not in the press of the odds | B |
| Do the heroes come to their height | A |
| Or we know the demi gods | B |
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| That stands over till peace | C |
| We can only perceive | D |
| Men returned from the seas | E |
| Very grateful for leave | D |
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| They grant us sudden days | F |
| Snatched from their business of war | G |
| But we are too close to appraise | F |
| What manner of men they are | H |
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| And whether their names go down | I |
| With age kept victories | E |
| Or whether they battle and drown | I |
| Unreckoned is hid from our eyes | J |
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| They are too near to be great | K |
| But our children shall understand | L |
| When and how our fate | K |
| Was changed and by whose hand | L |
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| Our children shall measure their worth | M |
| We are content to be blind | N |
| But we know that we walk on a new born earth | M |
| With the saviours of mankind | N |
Rudyard Kipling
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