Two Sons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC ADADCC AEAECC AFAFCC| I HAVE two sons wife | A |
| Two and yet the same | B |
| One his wild way runs wife | A |
| Bringing us to shame | B |
| The one is bearded sunburnt grim and fights across the sea | C |
| The other is a little child who sits upon your knee | C |
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| One is fierce and cold wife | A |
| As the wayward deep | D |
| Him no arms could hold wife | A |
| Him no breast could keep | D |
| He has tried our hearts for many a year not broken them for he | C |
| Is still the sinless little one that sits upon your knee | C |
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| One may fall in fight wife | A |
| Is he not our son | E |
| Pray with all your might wife | A |
| For the wayward one | E |
| Pray for the dark rough soldier who fights across the sea | C |
| Because you love the little shade who smiles upon your knee | C |
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| One across the foam wife | A |
| As I speak may fall | F |
| But this one at home wife | A |
| Cannot die at all | F |
| They both are only one and how thankful should we be | C |
| We cannot lose the darling son who sits upon your knee | C |
William Cosmo Monkhouse
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