Said The Kaiser To The Spy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJIKLML ABNBMOPO QRQRHSTS ABABUGVG ABABWAMA ABABCB ABNow tell me what can England do | A |
Said the Kaiser to the Spy | B |
She can do nought your Majesty | C |
You rule the sea and sky | B |
Her day of destiny is done | D |
Her path of peace is plain | E |
For she dare never throw a troop | F |
Across the Strait again | G |
The Kaiser sent his mighty host | H |
With Bombast in advance | I |
To set his seal on Paris first | J |
And make an end of France | I |
Their guns were heard in Paris streets | K |
And trembling Europe heard | L |
They re staggering back in Belgium now | M |
And England said no word | L |
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Now tell me what can England do | A |
Said the Kaiser to the Spy | B |
She can do nought in Southern seas | N |
Where her possessions lie | B |
Her colonies are arming now | M |
They only wait your aid | O |
I ll send my ships the Kaiser said | P |
And I will kill her trade | O |
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The Kaiser sent his cruisers forth | Q |
To do their worst or best | R |
And one made trouble in the North | Q |
The Cocos tell the rest | R |
He sent a squadron to a coast | H |
Where treachery prevailed | S |
Gra mercy They were stricken hard | T |
On seas that Raleigh sailed | S |
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Now tell me what can England do | A |
Said the Kaiser to the Spy | B |
Her ports are all unfortified | A |
And there your chances lie | B |
He sent his ships to Scarborough | U |
And called them back again | G |
The Blucher lies in Channel ooze | V |
With seven hundred men | G |
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Oh tell me what can England do | A |
Said the Kaiser to the Spy | B |
She can t hold Egypt for a day | A |
I have it from On High | B |
And so the Kaiser paid the Turk | W |
To put the matter through | A |
And England s Queen of Egypt now | M |
And boss of Turkey too | A |
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Now tell me what shall England do | A |
Said the Kaiser to the Spy | B |
You see that neither of them knew | A |
Much more than you or I | B |
But the blooming thing that s troubling me | C |
As the pregnant weeks go by | B |
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Is wotinell shall England do | A |
When the Kaiser hangs that Spy | B |
Henry Lawson
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