Virgil Strange I Kept On The Field Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCBHIEJKILAMCN OPCQRSTUVWXYZA2B2C2K D2E2IBZB2F2G2| 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 | C |
| shall never forget | D |
| One touch of your hand to mine O boy reach'd up as you lay on the | E |
| ground | F |
| Then onward I sped in the battle the even contested battle | G |
| Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my | C |
| way | B |
| Found you in death so cold dear comrade found your body son of | H |
| responding kisses never again on earth responding | I |
| Bared your face in the starlight curious the scene cool blew the | E |
| moderate night wind | J |
| Long there and then in vigil I stood dimly around me the battlefield | K |
| spreading | I |
| Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent | L |
| night | A |
| But not a tear fell not even a long drawn sigh Long long I gazed | M |
| Then on the earth partially reclining sat by your side leaning my | C |
| chin in my hands | N |
| Passing sweet hours immortal and mystic hours with you dearest | O |
| comrade Not a tear not a word | P |
| Vigil of silence love and death vigil for you my son and my | C |
| soldier | Q |
| As onward silently stars aloft eastward new ones upward stole | R |
| Vigil final for you brave boy I could not save you swift was your | S |
| death | T |
| I faithfully loved you and cared for you living I think we shall | U |
| surely meet again | V |
| Till at latest lingering of the night indeed just as the dawn | W |
| appear'd | X |
| My comrade I wrapt in his blanket envelop'd well his form | Y |
| Folded the blanket well tucking it carefully over head and | Z |
| carefully under feet | A2 |
| And there and then and bathed by the rising sun my son in his | B2 |
| grave in his rude dug grave I deposited | C2 |
| Ending my vigil strange with that vigil of night and battlefield | K |
| dim | D2 |
| Vigil for boy of responding kisses never again on earth | E2 |
| responding | I |
| Vigil for comrade swiftly slain vigil I never forget how as day | B |
| brighten'd | Z |
| I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his | B2 |
| blanket | F2 |
| And buried him where he fell | G2 |
Walt Whitman
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Virgil Strange I Kept On The Field poem by Walt Whitman
Best Poems of Walt Whitman