Ernie Pyle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG GHGHII JKJKL| I wish I had a simple style | A |
| In writing verse | B |
| As in his prose had Ernie Pyle | A |
| So true and terse | B |
| Springing so forthright from the heart | C |
| With guileless art | C |
| - | |
| I wish I could put back a dram | D |
| As Ernie could | E |
| I wish that I could cuss and damn | D |
| As soldier should | E |
| And fain with every verse would I | F |
| Ernie outvie | G |
| - | |
| Alas I cannot claim his high | G |
| Humanity | H |
| Nor emulate his pungent dry | G |
| Profanity | H |
| Nor share his love of common folk | I |
| Who bear life's yolk | I |
| - | |
| Oh Ernie who on earth I knew | J |
| In war and wine | K |
| Though frail of fame in soul how you | J |
| Were pure and fine | K |
| I'm proud that once when we were plastered | L |
| You called me 'bastard ' | - |
Robert William Service
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