Tommy Atkins' Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDE FGHH IJ KKE| He was battle scarred and ugly with the marks of shot and shell | A |
| And we knew that British Tommy had a stirring tale to tell | A |
| So we asked him where he got it and what disarranged his face | B |
| And he answered blushing scarlet 'In a nawsty little place ' | C |
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| There were medals on his jacket but he wouldn't tell us why | D |
| 'A bit lucky gettin' this one ' was the sum of his reply | D |
| He had fought a horde of Prussians with his back against the wall | E |
| And he told us when we questioned 'H'it was nothing arfter h'all ' | - |
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| Not a word of what he'd suffered not a word of what he'd seen | F |
| Not a word about the fury of the hell through which he'd been | G |
| All he said was 'When you're cornered h'and you've got no plyce to go | H |
| You've just got to stand up to it You cawn't 'elp yourself you know | H |
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| 'H'it was just a bit unpleasant when the shells were droppin' thick ' | - |
| And he tapped his leather leggins with his little bamboo stick | I |
| 'What did H'I do Nothing really Nothing more than just my share | J |
| Some one h'else would gladly do it but H'I 'appened to be there ' | - |
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| When this sturdy British Tommy quits the battlefields of earth | K |
| And St Peter asks his spirit to recount his deeds of worth | K |
| I fancy I can hear him with his curious English drawl | E |
| Saying 'Nothing nothing really that's worth mentioning at h'all ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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