The Homeward March Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFBDF ABCD GHGH IIJKKJ LALC| Be still my heart I hear them come | A |
| Those sounds announce my lover near | B |
| The march that brings our warriors home | C |
| Proclaims he'll soon be here | D |
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| Hark the distant tread | E |
| O'er the mountain's head | E |
| While hills and dales repeat the sound | F |
| And the forest deer | B |
| Stand still to hear | D |
| As those echoing steps ring round | F |
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| Be still my heart I hear them come | A |
| Those sounds that speak my soldier near | B |
| Those joyous steps seem winged fox home | C |
| Rest rest he'll soon be here | D |
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| But hark more faint the footsteps grow | G |
| And now they wind to distant glades | H |
| Not here their home alas they go | G |
| To gladden happier maids | H |
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| Like sounds in a dream | I |
| The footsteps seem | I |
| As down the hills they die away | J |
| And the march whose song | K |
| So pealed along | K |
| Now fades like a funeral lay | J |
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| 'Tis past 'tis o'er hush heart thy pain | L |
| And tho' not here alas they come | A |
| Rejoice for those to whom that strain | L |
| Brings sons and lovers home | C |
Thomas Moore
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