The Three Quiet Gentlemen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCDEFEFGHGH| There is a quiet gentleman a motoring in France | A |
| Oh don t you hear the honking of a British motor car | B |
| Like any quiet gentleman that you may meet by chance | A |
| Who doesn t wear a uniform and doesn t sport a star | B |
| Another quiet gentleman is sitting by his side | C |
| Oh do you hear the shuffling feet tonight in Gay Paree | B |
| The honking of their motor car when they go for a ride | C |
| Is louder than the biggest gun that s made in Germany | D |
| Another quiet gentleman who s very like the first | E |
| Oh don t you hear the tinkle of the sleigh bells on the snow | F |
| Is riding out in Russia now to watch the best and worst | E |
| Oh hear the bells of Petrograd a ringing soft and low | F |
| The Christmas bells of Petrograd that hail the birth of Christ | G |
| The sleigh bells from the opera that hail the birth of Sin | H |
| While eyes of men are dried in Hell and hearts of men are iced | G |
| Are louder than the loudest blare that s blaring in Berlin | H |
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