The Macaronis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF GHGHIFJF KLKLLMLM| Italian people peaceful are | A |
| Let it be to their credit | B |
| They mostly fail to win a war | C |
| Oh they themselves have said it | D |
| Allergic we to lethal guns | E |
| And military might | F |
| We love our homes and little ones | E |
| And loath to fight | F |
| - | |
| But Teutons are a warrior race | G |
| Who seek the sword to rattle | H |
| And in the sun they claim a place | G |
| Even at price of battle | H |
| The prestige of a uniform | I |
| Is sacred in their sight | F |
| They deem that they are soldiers born | J |
| And might is right | F |
| - | |
| And so I love Italians though | K |
| Their fighting powers are petty | L |
| My heart with sympathy doth go | K |
| To eaters of spaghetti | L |
| And if the choice were left to me | L |
| I know beyond a doubt | M |
| A hundred times I'd rather be | L |
| A Dago than a Kraut | M |
Robert William Service
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