Bonehead Bill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEHE IJIJKEKE LMLMNNNN OPOPQNRN SNTNNNNN UVUVFNFN NWNWXNXNI wonder 'oo and wot 'e was | A |
That 'Un I got so slick | B |
I couldn't see 'is face because | C |
The night was 'ideous thick | B |
I just made out among the black | D |
A blinkin' wedge o' white | E |
Then biff I guess I got 'im crack | D |
The man I killed last night | E |
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I wonder if account o' me | F |
Some wench will go unwed | G |
And 'eaps o' lives will never be | F |
Because 'e's stark and dead | G |
Or if 'is missis damns the war | H |
And by some candle light | E |
Tow headed kids are prayin' for | H |
The Fritz I copped last night | E |
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I wonder 'struth I wonder why | I |
I 'ad that 'orful dream | J |
I saw up in the giddy sky | I |
The gates o' God agleam | J |
I saw the gates o' 'eaven shine | K |
Wiv everlastin' light | E |
And then I knew that I'd got mine | K |
As 'e got 'is last night | E |
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Aye bang beyond the broodin' mists | L |
Where spawn the mother stars | M |
I 'ammered wiv me bloody fists | L |
Upon them golden bars | M |
I 'ammered till a devil's doubt | N |
Fair froze me wiv affright | N |
To fink wot God would say about | N |
The bloke I corpsed last night | N |
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I 'ushed I wilted wiv despair | O |
When like a rosy flame | P |
I sees a angel standin' there | O |
'Oo calls me by me name | P |
'E 'ad such soft such shiny eyes | Q |
'E 'eld 'is 'and and smiled | N |
And through the gates o' Paradise | R |
'E led me like a child | N |
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'E led me by them golden palms | S |
Wot 'ems that jeweled street | N |
And seraphs was a singin' psalms | T |
You've no ideer 'ow sweet | N |
Wiv cheroobs crowdin' closer round | N |
Than peas is in a pod | N |
'E led me to a shiny mound | N |
Where beams the throne o' God | N |
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And then I 'ears God's werry voice | U |
Bill 'agan 'ave no fear | V |
Stand up and glory and rejoice | U |
For 'im 'oo led you 'ere | V |
And in a nip I seemed to see | F |
Aye like a flash o' light | N |
My angel pal I knew to be | F |
The chap I plugged last night | N |
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Now I don't claim to understand | N |
They calls me Bonehead Bill | W |
They shoves a rifle in me 'and | N |
And show me 'ow to kill | W |
Me job's to risk me life and limb | X |
But be it wrong or right | N |
This cross I'm makin' it's for 'im | X |
The cove I croaked last night | N |
Robert William Service
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