The Battle Of The Bulge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEDFGFGHDHED IJIJKDKEDThis 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 William Service
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