Song Of Bells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAD E DFGGD A AH I H A JKLAB| Allons Allons Tra la la Hear my Bellata | A |
| Why do you not return to Mandalay O soldier | B |
| Do you not remember the boats and the paddles as they chunked outside the boats | C |
| Do you not remember the elephants the mighty elephants strong mysterious impalpable no not impalpable pachydermatous and the extraordinary accuracy with which they succeeded in balancing trees or parts of trees branches logs beams planks etc with their trunks the beams carefully supported at their centre of gravity the logs carefully supported at their centre of gravity the elephants without a smile at their centre of gravity | A |
| From Rangoon to Mandalay | D |
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| For | E |
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| On the road to Mandalay the flying fishes play | D |
| But there are no omnibuses to ply | F |
| Is there not a thirst here and are there any ten commandments | G |
| O you commandments you first second third and tenth commandments | G |
| What has Mandalay to do with you and what have you to do with Mandalay | D |
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| Ha What is that | A |
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| Is it a sound is it the thunder the sudden thunder strepitant tonant | A |
| Is it the midday twelve o'clock cannon | H |
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| No | I |
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| Is it not then the ocean the storm of the ocean | H |
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| Divil a bit | A |
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| Return return then O soldiers | J |
| Return you that have been discharged with pensions as time expired men or as incorrigible and worthless | K |
| Return for it is the dawn and it is calling to you as it comes up from China | L |
| Though why from China do you ask me | A |
| Then ask me another | B |
John Kendall (dum-dum)
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