Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEB ABFBGG| Mother with unbowed head | A |
| Hear thou across the sea | B |
| The farewell of the dead | A |
| The dead who died for thee | B |
| Greet them again with tender words and grave | C |
| For saving thee themselves they could not save | C |
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| To keep the house unharmed | D |
| Their fathers built so fair | E |
| Deeming endurance armed | D |
| Better than brute despair | E |
| They found the secret of the word that saith | B |
| 'Service is sweet for all true life is death ' | - |
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| So greet thou well thy dead | A |
| Across the homeless sea | B |
| And be thou comforted | F |
| Because they died for thee | B |
| Far off they served but now their deed is done | G |
| For evermore their life and thine are one | G |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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