The Young Vets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE CFCF GHGH IJIJ| We all know the face of the chap who can tell | A |
| How he led the victorious van | B |
| Through whose terrible yell all the enemy fell | A |
| Or fled from this murderous man | B |
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| We all know the pate of the chap who was late | C |
| Too late for a wound or a scar | D |
| A year or two late for a soldierly fate | C |
| And twenty too late for the war | E |
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| We all know the voice of Goliah the Great | C |
| Who never smelt powder you know | F |
| Who came to the field of battle too late | C |
| To give little David a show | F |
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| We all know the tale of the chap who delights | G |
| To tell all the girls he can find | H |
| Of the terrible sights of the feuds and the fights | G |
| That he fought in the depths of his mind | H |
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| On a Century Map we all know the chap | I |
| Who can trace his proud place without fear | J |
| Who claims the drum tap found him first in the gap | I |
| Though he skulked forty miles in the rear | J |
A. H. Laidlaw
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