Lessons Of The War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC B DEDFBB BBABBG HBBBBI BJBBBE BKBLBB| To Alan Mitchell | A |
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| i Vixi duellis nuper idoneus | B |
| Et militavi non sine gloria i | C |
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| I Naming of Parts | B |
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| Today we have naming of parts Yesterday | D |
| We had daily cleaning And tomorrow morning | E |
| We shall have what to do after firing But today | D |
| Today we have naming of parts Japonica | F |
| Glistens like coral in all of the neighbouring gardens | B |
| And today we have naming of parts | B |
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| This is the lower sling swivel And this | B |
| Is the upper sling swivel whose use you will see | B |
| When you are given your slings And this is the piling swivel | A |
| Which in your case you have not got The branches | B |
| Hold in the gardens their silent eloquent gestures | B |
| Which in our case we have not got | G |
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| This is the safety catch which is always released | H |
| With an easy flick of the thumb And please do not let me | B |
| See anyone using his finger You can do it quite easy | B |
| If you have any strength in your thumb The blossoms | B |
| Are fragile and motionless never letting anyone see | B |
| Any of them using their finger | I |
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| And this you can see is the bolt The purpose of this | B |
| Is to open the breech as you see We can slide it | J |
| Rapidly backwards and forwards we call this | B |
| Easing the spring And rapidly backwards and forwards | B |
| The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers | B |
| They call it easing the Spring | E |
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| They call it easing the Spring It is perfectly easy | B |
| If you have any strength in your thumb like the bolt | K |
| And the breech and the cocking piece and the point of balance | B |
| Which in our case we have not got and the almond blossom | L |
| Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards | B |
| For today we have naming of parts | B |
Henry Reed
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