I'm Out Of The Army Now Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HFIF JKBK LMLM| When first I doffed my olive drab | A |
| I thought delightfully though mutely | B |
| Henceforth I shall have pleasure ab | A |
| Solutely | B |
| - | |
| Dull with the drudgery of war | C |
| Sick of the name of fighting | D |
| I yearned I thought for something more | C |
| Exciting | D |
| - | |
| The rainbow be my guide quoth I | E |
| My suit shall be a brave and proud one | F |
| Gay hued my socks and oh my tie | E |
| A loud one | F |
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| For me the theater and the dance | G |
| Primrose the path I would be wending | D |
| For me the roses of romance | G |
| Unending | D |
| - | |
| Those were my inner thoughts that day | H |
| And those of many another million | F |
| When once again I should be a | I |
| Civilian | F |
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| I would not miss the o d | J |
| Monotony I didn't much like | K |
| I would not miss the reveille | B |
| And such the like | K |
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| I don't And do I now enjoy | L |
| My walks along the primrose way so | M |
| Is civil life the life Oh boy | L |
| I'll say so | M |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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