Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDA EFBGHB AIJDA EKBLMB NNDA| Do not weep maiden for war is kind | A |
| Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky | B |
| And the affrighted steed ran on alone | C |
| Do not weep | D |
| War is kind | A |
| - | |
| Hoarse booming drums of the regiment | E |
| Little souls who thirst for fight | F |
| These men were born to drill and die | B |
| The unexplained glory flies above them | G |
| Great is the battle god great and his kingdom | H |
| A field where a thousand corpses lie | B |
| - | |
| Do not weep babe for war is kind | A |
| Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches | I |
| Raged at his breast gulped and died | J |
| Do not weep | D |
| War is kind | A |
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| Swift blazing flag of the regiment | E |
| Eagle with crest of red and gold | K |
| These men were born to drill and die | B |
| Point for them the virtue of slaughter | L |
| Make plain to them the excellence of killing | M |
| And a field where a thousand corpses lie | B |
| - | |
| Mother whose heart hung humble as a button | N |
| On the bright splendid shroud of your son | N |
| Do not weep | D |
| War is kind | A |
Stephen Crane
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