The Hero Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEDEFF GGHHII| Jack fell as he'd have wished the Mother said | A |
| And folded up the letter that she'd read | A |
| The Colonel writes so nicely Something broke | B |
| In the tired voice that quavered to a choke | B |
| She half looked up We mothers are so proud | C |
| Of our dead soldiers Then her face was bowed | C |
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| Quietly the Brother Officer went out | D |
| He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies | E |
| That she would nourish all her days no doubt | D |
| For while he coughed and mumbled her weak eyes | E |
| Had shone with gentle triumph brimmed with joy | F |
| Because he'd been so brave her glorious boy | F |
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| He thought how Jack cold footed useless swine | G |
| Had panicked down the trench that night the mine | G |
| Went up at Wicked Corner how he'd tried | H |
| To get sent home and how at last he died | H |
| Blown to small bits And no one seemed to care | I |
| Except that lonely woman with white hair | I |
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
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