The Straight Griffin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFG HIHIG GJGJKK KKK L KMK N OGOGKK GGGGP GGGGII GKGKEE KKKKGG GKGKQQ GGGGRR STST GUGUVV G GQKK| ''Eroes Orright You 'ave it 'ow yeh like | A |
| Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad | B |
| But not too much 'Three 'Earty Cheers' fer Mike | A |
| There's other things that 'e'll be wantin' bad | B |
| The boys won't 'ave them kid stakes on their mind | C |
| Wivout there's somethin' solider be'ind ' | D |
| - | |
| Now that's the dinkum oil frum Ginger Mick | E |
| In 'orspital somew'ere be'ind the front | F |
| Plugged in the neck an' lately pretty sick | E |
| But now right on the converlescent stunt | F |
| 'I'm on the mend ' 'e writes 'an' nearly doo | G |
| To come the 'ero act agen Scene two ' | - |
| - | |
| I'd sent some papers knowin' 'ow time drags | H |
| Wiv blokes in blankits waitin' fer a cure | I |
| 'An' 'Struth ' Mick writes 'the way they et them rags | H |
| Yeh'd think that they'd bin weaned on litrachure | I |
| They wrestled thro' frum 'Births' to 'Lost and Found' | G |
| They even give the Leaders 'arf a round ' | - |
| - | |
| Mick spent a bonzer day propped up in bed | G |
| Soothin' 'is soul wiv ev'ry sportin' page | J |
| But in the football noos the things 'e read | G |
| Near sent 'im orf 'is top wiv 'oly rage | J |
| The way 'is team 'as mucked it earned 'is curse | K |
| But 'e jist swallered it becos uv nurse | K |
| - | |
| An' then this 'eadline 'it 'im wiv bokays | K |
| 'Australian Heroes ' is the song it makes | K |
| Mick reads the boys them ringin' words o' praise | K |
| But they jist grins a bit an' sez 'Kid stakes ' | - |
| Sez Mick to nurse 'You tumble wot I am | L |
| A bloomin' little 'ero Pass the jam ' | - |
| - | |
| Mick don't say much uv nurse but 'tween the lines | K |
| 'Im bein' not too strong on gushin' speech | M |
| I seem to see some tell tale sort o' signs | K |
| Sez 'e 'Me nurse girl is a bonzer peach ' | - |
| An' then 'e 'as a line ''Er sad sweet look ' | - |
| 'Struth Ginger must 'a' got it frum a book | N |
| - | |
| Say I can see ole Ginger plain as plain | O |
| Purrin' to feel the touch u'v 'er cool 'and | G |
| Grinnin' a bit to kid 'is wound don't pain | O |
| An' yappin' tork she don't 'arf understand | G |
| That makes 'er wonder if back where she lives | K |
| They're all reel men be'ind them ugly chivs | K |
| - | |
| But that's orright Ole Ginger ain't no flirt | G |
| 'You tell my Rose ' 'e writes 'she's still the sweet | G |
| An' if Long Jim gits rnessin' round that skirt | G |
| When I come back I'll do 'im up a treat | G |
| Tell 'im if all me arms an' legs is lame | P |
| I'll bite the blighter if 'e comes that game ' | - |
| - | |
| There's jealousy But Ginger needn't fret | G |
| Rose is fer 'im an' Jim ain't on 'er card | G |
| An' since she spragged 'im last time that they met | G |
| I im ain't inlisted but 'e's thinkin' 'ard | G |
| Mick wus 'er 'ero long before the war | I |
| An' now 'e's sort o' chalked a double score | I |
| - | |
| That's all Sir Garneo But Mick 'e's vowed | G |
| This ''Ail the 'Ero' stunt gits on 'is nerves | K |
| An' makes 'im peevish tho' 'e owns 'is crowd | G |
| Can mop up all the praises they deserves | K |
| 'But don't yeh spread the 'ero on too thick | E |
| If it's exhaustin' yeh ' sez Ginger Mick | E |
| - | |
| 'We ain't got no objections to the cheers | K |
| We're good an' tough an' we can stand the noise | K |
| But three 'oorays and five or six long beers | K |
| An' loud remarks about 'Our Gallant Boys' | K |
| Sounds kind o' weak if you'll ixcuse the word | G |
| Beside the fightin' sounds we've lately 'eard | G |
| - | |
| 'If you'll fergive our blushes we can stand | G |
| The 'earty cheerin' an' the songs o' praise | K |
| The loud 'Osannas uv our native land | G |
| Makes us feel good an' glad in many ways | K |
| An' later when we land back in a mob | Q |
| Per'aps we might be arstin' fer a job | Q |
| - | |
| 'I'd 'ate ' sez Mick 'to 'ave you think us rude | G |
| Or take these few remarks as reel bad taste | G |
| 'Twould 'urt to 'ave it seem ingratichude | G |
| Wiv all them 'earty praises gone to waste | G |
| We'll take yer word fer it an' jist remark | R |
| This 'ero racket is a reel good lark | R |
| - | |
| 'Once when they caught me toppin' off a John | S |
| The Bench wus stern an' torked uv dirty work | T |
| But 'Struth it's bonzer 'ow me fame's come on | S |
| Since when I took to toppin' off the Turk | T |
| So if it pleases shout yer loud 'Bravoes ' | - |
| An' later don't fergit there's me an' Rose ' | - |
| - | |
| So Ginger writes I gives it word fer word | G |
| An' if it ain't the nice perlite reply | U |
| That nice perlite old gents would like to've 'eard | G |
| ' o've been 'ip 'ippin' 'im up to the sky | U |
| Well I dunno I s'pose 'e's gotter learn | V |
| It's rude fer 'im to speak out uv 'is turn | V |
| - | |
| 'Eroes It sounds a bit uv reel orl right | G |
| 'Our Gallant 'Eroes uv Gallipoli ' | - |
| But Ginger when 'e's thinkin' there at night | G |
| Uv Rose an' wot their luck is like to bbe | Q |
| After the echo dies uv all this praise | K |
| Well 'e ain't dazzled wiv three loud 'oorays | K |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Straight Griffin poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Best Poems of Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis