The Silk-hat Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCAA ADEAAAAA AFFAGGAA AHHABBAA AAAAIIAA| I saw him in a picture and I felt I'd like to cry | A |
| He stood in line | B |
| The man for mine | B |
| A tall silk hatted guy | A |
| Right on the call | C |
| Silk hat and all | C |
| He'd hurried to the cry | A |
| For he loves England well enough for England to die | A |
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| I've seen King Harry's helmet in the Abbey hanging high | A |
| The one he wore | D |
| At Agincourt | E |
| But braver to my eye | A |
| That city toff | A |
| Too keen to doff | A |
| His stove pipe bless him why | A |
| For he loves England well enough for England to die | A |
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| And other fellows in that line had come too on the fly | A |
| Their joys and toys | F |
| Brave English boys | F |
| For good and all put by | A |
| O you brave best | G |
| Teach all the rest | G |
| How pure the heart and high | A |
| When one loves England well enough for England to die | A |
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| One threw his cricket bat aside one left the ink to dry | A |
| All peace and play | H |
| He's put away | H |
| And bid his love good bye | A |
| O mother mine | B |
| O sweetheart mine | B |
| No man of yours am I | A |
| If I love not England well enough for England to die | A |
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| I guess it strikes a chill somewhere the bravest won't deny | A |
| All that you love | A |
| Away to shove | A |
| And set your teeth to die | A |
| But better dead | I |
| When all is said | I |
| Than lapped in peace to lie | A |
| If we love not England well enough for England to die | A |
Richard Le Gallienne
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