Mark Twain And Joan Of Arc Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC CC DD EE FF| When Yankee soldiers reach the barricade | A |
| Then Joan of Arc gives each the accolade | A |
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| For she is there in armor clad today | B |
| All the young poets of the wide world say | B |
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| Which of our freemen did she greet the first | C |
| Seeing him come against the fires accurst | C |
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| Mark Twain our Chief with neither smile nor jest | C |
| Leading to war our youngest and our best | C |
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| The Yankee to King Arthur's court returns | D |
| The sacred flag of Joan above him burns | D |
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| For she has called his soul from out the tomb | E |
| And where she stands there he will stand till doom | E |
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| But I I can but mourn and mourn again | F |
| At bloodshed caused by angels saints and men | F |
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