Casualty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH GAGI EDAJ GKGE| As with varnish red and glistening | A |
| Dripped his hair his feet looked rigid | B |
| Raised he settled stiffly sideways | C |
| You could see his hurts were spinal | D |
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| He had fallen from an engine | E |
| And been dragged along the metals | F |
| It was hopeless and they knew it | G |
| So they covered him and left him | H |
| - | |
| As he lay by fits half sentient | G |
| Inarticulately moaning | A |
| With his stockinged soles protruded | G |
| Stark and awkward from the blankets | I |
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| To his bed there came a woman | E |
| Stood and looked and sighed a little | D |
| And departed without speaking | A |
| As himself a few hours after | J |
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| I was told it was his sweetheart | G |
| They were on the eve of marriage | K |
| She was quiet as a statue | G |
| But her lip was grey and writhen | E |
William Ernest Henley
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