The Germ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD EFEFGDGGD HIHIJKJJK IBIBLMLLM NONOPIPPI FQFRSTSSU

I took to khaki at a wordA
And fashioned dreams of wonderB
I rode the great sea like a birdA
Chock full of blood and thunderB
I saw myself upon the fieldC
Of battle framed in gloryD
Compelling stubborn foes to yieldC
As captives to my sword and shieldC
This is another storyD
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We sat about in sun and sandE
We broke old Cairo's imagesF
Met here and there a swarthy bandE
In little friendly scrimmagesF
And here it is I start to kidG
No Moslem born can hit meD
The Germ then that had long laid hidG
Came out of Pharaoh's pyramidG
And covertly he bit meD
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For some few days I wore an airH
Of pensive introspectionI
And then I curled down anywhereH
They whispered of infectionI
And hoist me on two sticks as thoughJ
I bore the leper's labelK
And took me where all in a rowJ
Of tiny beds two score or soJ
Were raising second BabelK
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But no man talked to any oneI
And no bloke knew anotherB
This soldier raved about his gunI
And that one of his motherB
They were the victims of the GermL
The imp that Satan pricks inM
First cousin to the Coffin WormL
Whose uncomputed legions squirmL
Some foul atomic Styx inM
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The Germ rides with the plunging shellN
Or on the belts that fret youO
Or in a speck of dust may wellN
One thousand years to get youO
Well ambushed in a tunic foldP
He waits his special missionI
And never lad so big and boldP
But turns to water in his holdP
And dribbles to perditionI
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Where is war's pomp and circumstanceF
The gauds in which we prank itQ
Germ ends for us our fine romanceF
Wrapped in a dingy blanketR
We set out braggartly in mirthS
World's bravest men and tallestT
To do the mightiest thing on earthS
And here we're lying nothing worthS
Succumbent to the smallestU

Edward George Dyson



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