Grenadier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FBFB GAGA HBHB| The Queen she sent to look for me | A |
| The sergeant he did say | B |
| 'Young man a soldier will you be | A |
| For thirteen pence a day ' | C |
| - | |
| For thirteen pence a day did I | D |
| Take off the things I wore | E |
| And I have marched to where I lie | D |
| And I shall march no more | E |
| - | |
| My mouth is dry my shirt is wet | F |
| My blood runs all away | B |
| So now I shall not die in debt | F |
| For thirteen pence a day | B |
| - | |
| To morrow after new young men | G |
| The sergeant he must see | A |
| For things will all be over then | G |
| Between the Queen and me | A |
| - | |
| And I shall have to bate my price | H |
| For in the grave they say | B |
| Is neither knowledge nor device | H |
| Nor thirteen pence a day | B |
Alfred Edward Housman
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