Spring In The Trenches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDED FFGG HIJI KKLL MNON PPQQ RSTS| It's coming time for planting in that little patch of ground | A |
| Where the lad and I made merry as he followed me around | A |
| The sun is getting higher and the skies above are blue | B |
| And I'm hungry for the garden and I wish the war were through | B |
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| But it's tramp tramp tramp | C |
| And it's never look behind | D |
| And when you see a stranger's kids | E |
| Pretend that you are blind | D |
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| The spring is coming back again the birds begin to mate | F |
| The skies are full of kindness but the world is full of hate | F |
| And it's I that should be bending now in peace above the soil | G |
| With laughing eyes and little hands about to bless the toil | G |
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| But it's fight fight fight | H |
| And it's charge at double quick | I |
| A soldier thinking thoughts of home | J |
| Is one more soldier sick | I |
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| Last year I brought the bulbs to bloom and saw the roses bud | K |
| This year I'm ankle deep in mire and most of it is blood | K |
| Last year the mother in the door was glad as she could be | L |
| To day her heart is full of pain and mine is hurting me | L |
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| But it's shoot shoot shoot | M |
| And when the bullets hiss | N |
| Don't let the tears fill up your eyes | O |
| For weeping soldiers miss | N |
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| Oh who will tend the roses now and who will sow the seeds | P |
| And who will do the heavy work the little garden needs | P |
| And who will tell the lad of mine the things he wants to know | Q |
| And take his hand and lead him round the paths we used to go | Q |
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| For it's charge charge charge | R |
| And it's face the foe once more | S |
| Forget the things you love the most | T |
| And keep your mind on war | S |
Edgar Albert Guest
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