Achilles' Tomb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GBCBHIFI JKFKALMB N| Achilles awoke in his ancient tomb | A |
| Hard by the coast of Troy | B |
| He rattled his armor now full of dust | C |
| And rubbed his eyes like a boy | B |
| As he gazed on the ships of the allied fleet | D |
| Ploughing the seas from afar | E |
| Bent on their course to the Dardanelles | F |
| 'Neath the light of Victory's star | E |
| - | |
| Why I've been asleep Achilles said | G |
| On the windy plains of Troy | B |
| Three thousand years have turned to dust | C |
| With their maddening mirth and joy | B |
| Yet it seems but a day since Ilium fell | H |
| Since Sinon spun out his tale | I |
| And the Greeks returned from Tenedos | F |
| With a light and prosperous gale | I |
| - | |
| Three thousand years is a long long time | J |
| But I'll doze for a thousand more | K |
| For I'm sick of the bluff of the Teuton hosts | F |
| And the gas from each army corps | K |
| So lay me down in my ancient tomb | A |
| Where the Phrygian winds sweep by | L |
| And I'll dream of the days when heroes fought | M |
| 'Round the lofty walls of Troy | B |
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| For Very Rev W R Harris D D | N |
Thomas O'hagan
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