War And Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DD EEFFGH II| This war is a terrible thing he said | A |
| With its countless numbers of needless dead | A |
| A futile warfare it seems to me | B |
| Fought for no principle I can see | B |
| Alas that thousands of hearts should bleed | C |
| For naught but a tyrant's boundless greed | C |
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| Said the wholesale grocer in righteous mood | D |
| As he went to adulterate salable food | D |
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| Spake as follows the merchant king | E |
| Isn't this war a disgusting thing | E |
| Heartless cruel and useless too | F |
| It doesn't seem that it can be true | F |
| Think of the misery want and fear | G |
| We ought to be grateful we've no war here | H |
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| Six a week to a girl That's flat | I |
| I can get a thousand to work for that | I |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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Rachit Sethi: It is a fantastic poem as it describes how useless war is.
Thanks to Franklin Pierce Adams for this great poem
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