The Silent Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEBEFDFD GBGBHDHD| I'm just an ordinary chap | A |
| Who comes home to his tea | B |
| And mostly I don't care a rap | A |
| What people think of me | B |
| I do my job and take my pay | C |
| And love of peace expound | D |
| But as I go my patient way | C |
| Don't push me round | D |
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| Though I respect authority | B |
| And order never flout | E |
| When Law and Justice disagree | B |
| You can include me out | E |
| The Welfare State I tolerate | F |
| If it is kept in bound | D |
| But if you wish to rouse my hate | F |
| Just push me round | D |
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| And that's the way with lots of us | G |
| We want to feel we're free | B |
| So labour governments we cuss | G |
| And mock at monarchy | B |
| Yea we are men of secret mirth | H |
| And fury seldom sound | D |
| But if you value peace on earth | H |
| Don't push us round | D |
Robert Service
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