Song Of The Soldier's Wifes. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCDDDC A EEEFGGGF A HHHIFFFI BBBCDDDC| I | A |
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| At last In sight of home again | B |
| Of home again | B |
| No more to range and roam again | B |
| As at that bygone time | C |
| No more to go away from us | D |
| And stay from us | D |
| Dawn hold not long the day from us | D |
| But quicken it to prime | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Now all the town shall ring to them | E |
| Shall ring to them | E |
| And we who love them cling to them | E |
| And clasp them joyfully | F |
| And cry O much we'll do for you | G |
| Anew for you | G |
| Dear Loves aye draw and hew for you | G |
| Come back from oversea | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Some told us we should meet no more | H |
| Should meet no more | H |
| Should wait and wish but greet no more | H |
| Your faces round our fires | I |
| That in a while uncharily | F |
| And drearily | F |
| Men gave their lives even wearily | F |
| Like those whom living tires | I |
| - | |
| IV | - |
| - | |
| And now you are nearing home again | B |
| Dears home again | B |
| No more may be to roam again | B |
| As at that bygone time | C |
| Which took you far away from us | D |
| To stay from us | D |
| Dawn hold not long the day from us | D |
| But quicken it to prime | C |
Thomas Hardy
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