The Massacre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK BMNM AOCP QRSR| The shadow of a poplar tree | A |
| Lay in that lake of sun | B |
| As I with my little sword went in | C |
| Against a thousand one | B |
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| Haughty and infinitely armed | D |
| Insolent in their wrath | E |
| Plumed high with purple plumes they held | F |
| The narrow meadow path | E |
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| The air was sultry all was still | G |
| The sun like flashing glass | H |
| And snip snap my light whispering steel | I |
| In arcs of light did pass | H |
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| Lightly and dull fell each proud head | J |
| Spiked keen without avail | K |
| Till swam my uncontented blade | L |
| With ichor green and pale | K |
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| And silence fell the rushing sun | B |
| Stood still in paths of heat | M |
| Gazing in waves of horror on | N |
| The dead about my feet | M |
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| Never a whir of wing no bee | A |
| Stirred o'er the shameful slain | O |
| Nought but a thirsty wasp crept in | C |
| Stooped and came out again | P |
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| The very air trembled in fear | Q |
| Eclipsing shadow seemed | R |
| Rising in crimson waves of gloom | S |
| On one who dreamed | R |
Walter De La Mare
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