The Only Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADA EF E AG A| O bitter wind toward the sunset blowing | A |
| What of the dales tonight | B |
| In yonder gray old hall what fires are glowing | A |
| What ring of festal lights | C |
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| In the great window as the day was dwindling | A |
| I saw an old man stand | D |
| His head was proudly held and his eyes kindling | A |
| But the list shook in his hand ' | - |
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| O wind of twilight was there no word uttered | E |
| No sound of joy or wail | F |
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| 'A great fight and a good death ' he muttered | E |
| 'Trust him he would not fail '' | - |
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| What of the chamber dark where she was lying | A |
| For whom all life is done | G |
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| 'Within her heart she rocks a dead child crying | A |
| 'My son my little son '' | - |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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