The Battle Of The Bulge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEDFGFGHDHED IJIJKDKED| This year an ocean trip I took and as I am a Scot | A |
| And like to get my money's worth I never missed a meal | B |
| In spite of Neptune's nastiness I ate an awful lot | A |
| Yet felt as fit as if we sailed upon an even keel | B |
| But now that I am home again I'm stricken with disgust | C |
| How many pounds of fat I've gained I'd rather not divulge | D |
| Well anyway I mean to take this tummy down or bust | C |
| So here I'm suet strafing in the | E |
| Battle of the Bulge | D |
| No more will sausage bacon eggs provide my breakfast fare | F |
| On lobster I will never lunch with mounds of mayonnaise | G |
| At tea I'll Spartanly eschew the chocolate eacute clair | F |
| Roast duckling and p eacute che melba shall not consummate my days | G |
| No more nocturnal ice box raids midnight spaghetti feeds | H |
| On slabs of p acirc t eacute de foie gras I vow I won't indulge | D |
| Let bran and cottage cheese suffice my gastronomic needs | H |
| And lettuce be my ally in the | E |
| Battle of the Bulge | D |
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| To hell with you ignoble paunch abhorrent in my sight | I |
| I gaze at your rotundity and savage is my frown | J |
| I'll rub you and I'll scrub you and I'll drub you day and night | I |
| But by the gods of symmetry I swear I'll get you down | J |
| Your smooth and smug convexity by heck I will subdue | K |
| And when you tucker in again with joy will I refulge | D |
| No longer of my toes will you obstruct my downward view | K |
| With might and main I'll fight to gain the | E |
| Battle of the Bulge | D |
Robert Service
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