Soldierly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEECC FFGGHH CCIIJK| The glory of a soldier and a soldier's not a saint | A |
| Is the way he does his duty without grumbling or complaint | A |
| His work's not always pleasant but he does it rain or shine | B |
| And he grabs a bit of glory when he's fighting in the line | B |
| But the lesson that he teaches every day to me an' you | C |
| Is the way to do a duty that we do not like to do | C |
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| Any sort o' chap can whistle when his work is mostly fun | D |
| A hundred want the pleasant jobs to every sturdy one | D |
| That'll grab the dreary duty an' the mean an' lowly task | E |
| Or the drab an' cheerless service that life often has to ask | E |
| But somebody has to do it an' the test of me an' you | C |
| Is the way we face the labor that we do not like to do | C |
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| Now it isn't very pleasant standin' guard out in the rain | F |
| But it's in the line o' duty an' no soldier will complain | F |
| An' there isn't any soldier but what sometimes hates his work | G |
| When the dress parade is over an' perhaps he'd like to shirk | G |
| But he's there to follow orders not to pick an' choose his post | H |
| An' he sometimes shines the finest at the job he hates the most | H |
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| Let's be soldiers in the struggle let's be loyal through and through | C |
| Life is going to give us duties that perhaps we'll hate to do | C |
| There'll be little sacrifices that we will not like to make | I |
| There'll be many tasks unpleasant that will fall to us to take | I |
| An' although we all would rather do the work that brings applause | J |
| Let's forget our whims and fancies an' just labor for the cause | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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