A Cenotaph, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKL| Oh hadst thou fall'n brave youth on that proud day | A |
| When our victorious fleet o'er the red surge | B |
| Rolled in terrific glory thou hadst fall'n | C |
| Most honoured and Remembrance while she thought | D |
| Upon thy gallant end had dried her tear | E |
| Now far beyond the huge Atlantic wave | F |
| Thy bones decay the withering pestilence | G |
| That swept the islands of the western world | H |
| Smote thee untimely drooping to the tomb | I |
| But 'tis enough whate'er a soldier's fate | J |
| That firm he hied him where stern honour bade | K |
| Though with unequal strength he sunk and died | L |
William Lisle Bowles
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