Billjim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCB DDAEEEA FFGHHHG IIJKKKJ LLGMMMG NNOPPPO QQBHHHB HHBHHHB| Down to it is Plugger Bill | A |
| Lyin' crumpled white 'n' still | A |
| Me 'n' him | B |
| Chips in when the scrap begins | C |
| Carin' nothin' for our skins | C |
| Chi iked as the 'Eavenly Twins | C |
| Bill 'n' Jim | B |
| - | |
| They 'ave outed Bill at last | D |
| Slugged me cobber hard 'n' fast | D |
| It's a kill | A |
| See the purple of his lip | E |
| 'N' the red 'n' oozy drip | E |
| Ends our great ole partnership | E |
| Jim 'n' Bill | A |
| - | |
| Mates we was when we was kids | F |
| Camp 'n' ship 'n' Pyramids | F |
| Him 'n' me | G |
| Hung together 'n' we tore | H |
| Up the heights from Helles shore | H |
| Bill a long 'arf head afore | H |
| Fine to see | G |
| - | |
| Then it was we took a touch | I |
| Simple puncture nothin' much | I |
| But we lay | J |
| 'N' we stays the count it seems | K |
| In a sorter realm of dreams | K |
| Where the sun infernal gleams | K |
| Night 'n' day | J |
| - | |
| Boilin' fryin' achin' dumb | L |
| Waitin' till the stretchers come | L |
| Patiently | G |
| I hangs on to 'arf a cup | M |
| Which I wants ole Bill to sup | M |
| Damn if he ain't savin' up | M |
| His for me | G |
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| When they come to lift my head | N |
| I am softly kiddin' dead | N |
| For a game | O |
| So's they'll first take on his gills | P |
| Over though me scheme he spills | P |
| Bli'me this ole take down Bill's | P |
| Done the same | O |
| - | |
| But he isn't kiddin' now | Q |
| And it knocks me anyhow | Q |
| Seein' him | B |
| We was both agreed before | H |
| Though it got 'em by the score | H |
| Two was goin' to beat this war | H |
| But 'n' Jim | B |
| - | |
| Mate o' mine yiv stayed it through | H |
| Hard luck Bill for me 'n' you | H |
| Hard 'n' grim | B |
| They have got me Cobber true | H |
| But I'm stickin' tight ez glue | H |
| Bill there's one who'll plug for two | H |
| It is Jim | B |
Edward George Dyson
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