Absolution Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| The anguish of the earth absolves our eyes | A |
| Till beauty shines in all that we can see | B |
| War is our scourge yet war has made us wise | A |
| And fighting for our freedom we are free | B |
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| Horror of wounds and anger at the foe | C |
| And loss of things desired all these must pass | D |
| We are the happy legion for we know | C |
| Time's but a golden wind that shakes the grass | D |
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| There was an hour when we were loth to part | E |
| From life we longed to share no less than others | F |
| Now having claimed this heritage of heart | E |
| What need we more my comrades and my brothers | F |
Siegfried Sassoon
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