The Chaplain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFG HHIIJJ KKL CC| He was just a small church parson when the war broke out and he | A |
| Looked and dressed and acted like all parsons that we see | A |
| He wore the cleric's broadcloth and he hooked his vest behind | B |
| But he had a man's religion and he had a strong man's mind | B |
| And he heard the call to duty and he quit his church and went | C |
| And he bravely tramped right with 'em everywhere the boys were sent | C |
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| He put aside his broadcloth and he put the khaki on | D |
| Said he'd come to be a soldier and was going to live like one | E |
| Then he refereed the prize fights that the boys pulled off at night | F |
| And if no one else was handy he'd put on the gloves and fight | F |
| He wasn't there a fortnight ere he saw the soldiers' needs | G |
| And he said 'I'm done with preaching this is now the time for deeds ' | - |
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| He learned the sound of shrapnel he could tell the size of shell | H |
| From the shriek it make above him and he knew just where it fell | H |
| In the front line trench he labored and he knew the feel of mud | I |
| And he didn't run from danger and he wasn't scared of blood | I |
| He wrote letters for the wounded and he cheered them with his jokes | J |
| And he never made a visit without passing round the smokes | J |
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| Then one day a bullet got him as he knelt beside a lad | K |
| Who was 'going west' right speedy and they both seemed mighty glad | K |
| 'Cause he held the boy's hand tighter and he smiled and whispered low | L |
| 'Now you needn't fear the journey over there with you I'll go ' | - |
| And they both passed out together arm in arm I think they went | C |
| He had kept his vow to follow everywhere the boys were sent | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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