The Soldiers At Lauro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEBGHGIJKJLMNM| Young are our dead | A |
| Like babies they lie | B |
| The wombs they blest once | C |
| Not healed dry | B |
| And yet too soon | D |
| Into each space | E |
| A cold earth falls | F |
| On colder face | E |
| Quite still they lie | B |
| These fresh cut reeds | G |
| Clutched in earth | H |
| Like winter seeds | G |
| But they will not bloom | I |
| When called by spring | J |
| To burst with leaf | K |
| And blossoming | J |
| They sleep on | L |
| In silent dust | M |
| As crosses rot | N |
| And helmets rust | M |
Spike Milligan
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Jenna: Very beautiful poem, I love it!
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