The Drums Of Battersea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBCDDBCCBC CCBCCBC EEBCCBC FFBCCBC GGBCCBC| They can t hear in West o London where the worst dine with the best | A |
| Deaf to all save lies and laughter they can t hear in London West | A |
| Tailored brutes and splendid harlots and the parasites that be | B |
| They can t hear the warning thunder of the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| Drums of Misery | B |
| Beating from the hearts of men the Drums of Battersea | C |
| Where the hearses hurry ever and where man lives like a beast | D |
| They can feel the war drums beating men of Hell and London East | D |
| And the far off foreign farmers fighting fiercely to be free | B |
| Found new courage in the echo of the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| Beating for the free | B |
| Beating on the hearts of men the Drums of Battersea | C |
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| And the drummers Ah the drummers stern and haggard men are those | C |
| Standing grimly at their meetings and their washed and mended clothes | C |
| Speak of worn out wives behind them and of grinding poverty | B |
| But the English of the English beat the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| Drums of agony | B |
| The big bruised heart of England s in the Drums of Battersea | C |
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| Where in fields slave Englishwomen Oh the sound of drums is there | E |
| I have heard it in the laughter of the nights of Leicester Square | E |
| Sailing southward with the summer London but a dream to me | B |
| Still I feel the distant thunder of the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| Drums of Liberty | B |
| Rolling round the English world the Drums of Battersea | C |
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| Oh I heard them in the Queen s Hall aye and London heard that night | F |
| While we formed up round the leaders while they struck one blow for right | F |
| And the old strength that old fire that I thought was dead in me | B |
| Blazed up fiercely at the beating of the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| They beat for victory | B |
| When above the roar of Jingoes rolled the Drums of Battersea | C |
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| And where er my feet may wander and howe er I lay my head | G |
| I shall hear them while I m dreaming I shall hear them when I m dead | G |
| For they beat for men and women beat for Christ and you and me | B |
| There is hope and there is terror in the Drums of Battersea | C |
| More drums War drums | C |
| Drums of destiny | B |
| There s hope there s hope for England in the Drums of Battersea | C |
Henry Lawson
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