Grand-père Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EAEA FGFG HIHI JGJG| And so when he reached my bed | A |
| The General made a stand | B |
| My brave young fellow he said | A |
| I would shake your hand | B |
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| So I lifted my arm the right | C |
| With never a hand at all | D |
| Only a stump a sight | C |
| Fit to appal | D |
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| Well well Now that's too bad | E |
| That's sorrowful luck he said | A |
| But there You give me my lad | E |
| The left instead | A |
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| So from under the blanket's rim | F |
| I raised and showed him the other | G |
| A snag as ugly and grim | F |
| As its ugly brother | G |
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| He looked at each jagged wrist | H |
| He looked but he did not speak | I |
| And then he bent down and kissed | H |
| Me on either cheek | I |
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| You wonder now I don't mind | J |
| I hadn't a hand to offer | G |
| They tell me you know I'm blind | J |
| 'Twas Grand P egrave re Joffre | G |
Robert William Service
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