Stretcher Case Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCDDE FFGGHHII J KKLLMM| He woke the clank and racket of the train | A |
| Kept time with angry throbbings in his brain | A |
| Then for a while he lapsed and drowsed again | B |
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| At last he lifted his bewildered eyes | C |
| And blinked and rolled them sidelong hills and skies | C |
| Heavily wooded hot with August haze | D |
| And slipping backward golden for his gaze | D |
| Acres of harvest | E |
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| Feebly now he drags | F |
| Exhausted ego back from glooms and quags | F |
| And blasting tumult terror hurtling glare | G |
| To calm and brightness havens of sweet air | G |
| He sighed confused then drew a cautious breath | H |
| This level journeying was no ride through death | H |
| 'If I were dead ' he mused 'there'd be no thinking | I |
| Only some plunging underworld of sinking | I |
| And hueless shifting welter where I'd drown ' | - |
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| Then he remembered that his name was Brown | J |
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| But was he back in Blighty Slow he turned | K |
| Till in his heart thanksgiving leapt and burned | K |
| There shone the blue serene the prosperous land | L |
| Trees cows and hedges skipping these he scanned | L |
| Large friendly names that change not with the year | M |
| Lung Tonic Mustard Liver Pills and Beer | M |
Siegfried Sassoon
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