A Good Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDAADD CCEEBB DDFFF| He writes to us most every day and how his letters thrill us | A |
| I can't describe the joys with which his quaint expressions fill us | A |
| He says the military life is not of his selection | B |
| He's only soldiering to day to give the Flag protection | B |
| But since he's in the army now and doing duties humble | C |
| He'll do what all good soldiers must and he will never grumble | C |
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| He's not so keen for standing guard a lonely vigil keeping | D |
| 'But when I must ' he writes to us 'they'll never find me sleeping | D |
| I hear a lot of boys complain about the tasks they set us | A |
| And there's no doubt that mother's meals can beat the ones they get us | A |
| But since I'm here to do my bit close to the job I'm sticking | D |
| I'll take whatever comes my way and waste no word in kicking | D |
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| 'I'd like to be a captain dad a major or a colonel | C |
| I'd like to get my picture in some illustrated journal | C |
| I don't exactly fancy jobs that now and then come my way | E |
| Like picking bits of rubbish up that desecrate the highway | E |
| But still I'll do those menial tasks as cheerfully as could one | B |
| For while I am a private here I'm going to be a good one | B |
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| 'A soldier's life is not the way I'd choose to make my living | D |
| But now I'm in the ranks to serve my best to it I'm giving | D |
| Oh I could name a dozen jobs that I'd consider finer | F |
| But since I've got this one to do I'll never be a whiner | F |
| I'm just a private in the ranks but take it from my letter | F |
| They'll never fire your son for one who'll do his duty better ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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