The Little Army Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCDEEFFAAGGAHAH IIJJAAKKELELMMNNAAOO JPJPFFQQ| Little women little men | A |
| Childhood never comes again | A |
| Live it gaily while you may | B |
| Give your baby souls to play | B |
| March to sound of stick and pan | C |
| In your paper hats and tramp | D |
| just as bravely as you can | C |
| To your pleasant little camp | D |
| Wooden sword and wooden gun | E |
| Make a battle splendid fun | E |
| Fine the victories you win | F |
| Dimpled cheek and dimpled chin | F |
| Little women little men | A |
| Hearts are light when years are ten | A |
| Eyes are bright and cheeks are red | G |
| When life's cares lie all ahead | G |
| Drums make merry music when | A |
| They are leading children out | H |
| Trumpet calls are cheerful then | A |
| Glorious is the battle shout | H |
| Little soldiers single file | I |
| Uniformed in grin and smile | I |
| Conquer every foe they meet | J |
| Up and down the gentle street | J |
| Little women little men | A |
| Would that youth could come again | A |
| Would that I might fall in line | K |
| As a little boy of nine | K |
| But with broomstick for a gun | E |
| And with paper hat that I | L |
| Bravely wore back there for fun | E |
| Never more may I defy | L |
| Foes that deep in ambush kneel | M |
| Now my warfare's grim and real | M |
| I that once was brave and bold | N |
| Now am battered bruised and old | N |
| Little women little men | A |
| Planning to attack my den | A |
| Little do you know the joy | O |
| That you give a worn out boy | O |
| As he hears your gentle feet | J |
| Pitter patting in the hall | P |
| Gladly does he wait to meet | J |
| Conquest by a troop so small | P |
| Dimpled cheek and dimpled chin | F |
| You have but to smile to win | F |
| Come and take him where he stays | Q |
| Dreaming of his by gone days | Q |
Edgar Albert Guest
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