The Stevedores Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GHIHJJ| We are the army stevedores lusty and virile and strong | A |
| We are given the hardest work of the war and the hours are long | A |
| We handle the heavy boxes and shovel the dirty coal | B |
| While soldiers and sailors work in the light we burrow below like a mole | B |
| But somebody has to do this work or the soldiers could not fight | C |
| And whatever work is given a man is good if he does it right | C |
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| We are the army stevedores and we are volunteers | D |
| We did not wait for the draft to come to put aside our fears | D |
| We flung them away on the winds of fate at the very first call of our land | E |
| And each of us offered a willing heart and the strength of a brawny hand | E |
| We are the army stevedores and work as we must and may | F |
| The cross of honour will never be ours to proudly wear away | F |
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| But the men at the Front could never be there | G |
| And the battles could not be won | H |
| If the stevedores stopped in their dull routine | I |
| And left their work undone | H |
| Somebody has to do this work be glad that it isn't you | J |
| We are the army stevedores give us our due | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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