The Casterbridge Captains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHEH IJKJ LCMN OPQR STST| THREE captains went to Indian wars | A |
| And only one returned | B |
| Their mate of yore he singly wore | C |
| The laurels all had earned | B |
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| At home he sought the ancient aisle | D |
| Wherein untrumped of fame | E |
| The three had sat in pupilage | F |
| And each had carved his name | E |
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| The names rough hewn of equal size | G |
| Stood on the panel still | H |
| Unequal since 'Twas theirs to aim | E |
| Mine was it to fulfil | H |
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| Who saves his life shall lose it friends | I |
| Outspake the preacher then | J |
| Unweeting he his listener who | K |
| Looked at the names again | J |
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| That he had come and they'd been stayed | L |
| 'Twas but the chance of war | C |
| Another chance and they'd sat here | M |
| And he had lain afar | N |
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| Yet saw he something in the lives | O |
| Of those who'd ceased to live | P |
| That rounded them with majesty | Q |
| Which living failed to give | R |
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| Transcendent triumph in return | S |
| No longer lit his brain | T |
| Transcendence rayed the distant urn | S |
| Where slept the fallen twain | T |
Thomas Hardy
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