Hohenlinden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB AAAB EEEB FFFB DDDB| On Linden when the sun was low | A |
| All bloodless lay the untrodden snow | A |
| And dark as winter was the flow | A |
| Of Iser rolling rapidly | B |
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| But Linden saw another sight | C |
| When the drum beat at dead of night | C |
| Commanding fires of death to light | C |
| The darkness of her scenery | B |
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| By torch and trumpet fast arrayed | D |
| Each horseman drew his battle blade | D |
| And furious every charger neighed | D |
| To join the dreadful revelry | B |
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| Then shook the hills with thunder riven | E |
| Then rushed the steed to battle driven | E |
| And louder than the bolts of heaven | E |
| Far flashed the red artillery | B |
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| But redder yet that light shall glow | A |
| On Linden's hills of stain d snow | A |
| And bloodier yet the torrent flow | A |
| Of Iser rolling rapidly | B |
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| 'Tis morn but scarce yon level sun | E |
| Can pierce the war clouds rolling dun | E |
| Where furious Frank and fiery Hun | E |
| Shout in their sulphurous canopy | B |
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| The combat deepens On ye brave | F |
| Who rush to glory or the grave | F |
| Wave Munich all thy banners wave | F |
| And charge with all thy chivalry | B |
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| Few few shall part where many meet | D |
| The snow shall be their winding sheet | D |
| And every turf beneath their feet | D |
| Shall be a soldier's sepulchre | B |
Thomas Campbell
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