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Question: What is the rhyme scheme in this poem!?
IF THERE IS A RHYME SCHEME, WHAT IS IT!?!?IS THIS POEM FREE VERSE OR A NARRATIVE POEM!?!?THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!.

"Of course, its done him worlds of good", they said,
"He's twice the man he was - a puny chap
he used to be, if you remember - always at books and that,
but since he joined
he's broadened out!. They've made a man of him;
You wouldn't know now"!.

Deep-sunk in rain-soaked ditch, with weeds and filth
stopping his mouth, the soldier lies;
swollen and black, his face turns to the skies
in blank, unquestioning stare, his body, tight
and big as flood-drowned pig, lurches and sways,
to wind and water!. Yes, he's broadened out -
he's twice the man he was; a pity, though,
his life should run, like bright oil down a gutter,
to implement some politician's brag!.

His world went out
through that neat hole in temple, quickly and easily
as words from windy mouths!. And loves unknown,
and skies unseen, and books unread,
forever lost, he's dead!.

You wouldn't know him now!.

FA Horn 1940Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It isn't free verse!. The rhythm is basically iambic pentameter, meaning an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable (e!.g!., "and big") happening five times in each line!. It's the meter Shakespeare used!. It mostly doesn't rhyme, except in a few places (lies/skies, unread/dead) but since it doesn't rhyme in a regular pattern, it doesn't have a rhyme scheme!. I think I'd call it lyric rather than narrative because although it tells a story, it's basically more a picture of one situation than a story, and what makes it most memorable is the outrage of the poet about the contrast between people's attitudes and what happened to the soldier, which makes it lyric!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

there isn't much rhyming,but there is a little in the end, and "stopping his mouth, the soldier lies; swollen and black, his face turns to the skies!.!.!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

Narrative!. There is no rhyme scheme!. It is not iambic pentameter, though a few of lines could pass for it (1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15, 18 )!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

um the describing thng
like uh
not onomatopia!.!. the uh!. damn i fergot!. i know it tho!.
nah i fergot sorry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com