Attack Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACBDCDEFFE| At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun | A |
| In the wild purple of the glowering sun | A |
| Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud | B |
| The menacing scarred slope and one by one | A |
| Tanks creep and topple forward to the wire | C |
| The barrage roars and lifts Then clumsily bowed | B |
| With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear | D |
| Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire | C |
| Lines of grey muttering faces masked with fear | D |
| They leave their trenches going over the top | E |
| While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists | F |
| And hope with furtive eyes and grappling fists | F |
| Flounders in mud O Jesu make it stop | E |
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
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