Vigil Strange I Kept On The Field One Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGFAHIJKLMNOPQ RSFTUV| Vigil strange I kept on the field one night | A |
| When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day | B |
| One look I but gave which your dear eyes return'd with a look I shall never forget | C |
| One touch of your hand to mine O boy reach'd up as you lay on the ground | D |
| Then onward I sped in the battle the even contested battle | E |
| Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way | B |
| Found you in death so cold dear comrade found your body son of responding kisses never again on earth responding | F |
| Bared your face in the starlight curious the scene cool blew the moderate night wind | G |
| Long there and then in vigil I stood dimly around me the battle field spreading | F |
| Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent night | A |
| But not a tear fell not even a long drawn sigh long long I gazed | H |
| Then on the earth partially reclining sat by your side leaning my chin in my hands | I |
| Passing sweet hours immortal and mystic hours with you dearest comrade not a tear not a word | J |
| Vigil of silence love and death vigil for you my son and my soldier | K |
| As onward silently stars aloft eastward new ones upward stole | L |
| Vigil final for you brave boy I could not save you swift was your death | M |
| I faithfully loved you and cared for you living I think we shall surely meet again | N |
| Till at latest lingering of the night indeed just as the dawn appear'd | O |
| My comrade I wrapt in his blanket envelop'd well his form | P |
| Folded the blanket well tucking it carefully over head and carefully under feet | Q |
| And there and then and bathed by the rising sun my son in his grave in his rude dug grave I deposited | R |
| Ending my vigil strange with that vigil of night and battle field dim | S |
| Vigil for boy of responding kisses never again on earth responding | F |
| Vigil for comrade swiftly slain vigil I never forget how as day brighten'd | T |
| I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his blanket | U |
| And buried him where he fell | V |
Walt Whitman
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