The Khaki Boys Who Were Not At The Front Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAB DEFDE GHIGH JKLJK| Oh it is not just the men who face the guns | A |
| Not the fighters at the Front alone to day | B |
| Who will bring the longed for close to the bloody fray for those | C |
| Could not carry on that fray without the ones | A |
| Who are working at war's problems far away | B |
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| You are all our splendid heroes in the strife | D |
| And we class you with the warriors maimed and scarred | E |
| Though you never have been near enough the battle din to hear | F |
| While you laboured in the dull routine of life | D |
| In your khaki suits with sleeves that are not barred | E |
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| You have offered up yourselves to save the world | G |
| You have felt the abnegation of the Christ | H |
| And whatever work you do is a noble work and true | I |
| Though it be not done with banners all unfurled | G |
| You will find it has in sight of God sufficed | H |
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| While you carry back no medals when you go | J |
| Not without you had the fighters borne war's brunt | K |
| So just lift your heads uncowed for your country will be proud | L |
| And its lasting love and honour will bestow | J |
| On the khaki boys who were not at the Front | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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