The Silent Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEBEFDFD GBGBHDHDI'm just an ordinary chap | A |
Who comes home to his tea | B |
And mostly I don't care a rap | A |
What people think of me | B |
I do my job and take my pay | C |
And love of peace expound | D |
But as I go my patient way | C |
Don't push me round | D |
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Though I respect authority | B |
And order never flout | E |
When Law and Justice disagree | B |
You can include me out | E |
The Welfare State I tolerate | F |
If it is kept in bound | D |
But if you wish to rouse my hate | F |
Just push me round | D |
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And that's the way with lots of us | G |
We want to feel we're free | B |
So labour governments we cuss | G |
And mock at monarchy | B |
Yea we are men of secret mirth | H |
And fury seldom sound | D |
But if you value peace on earth | H |
Don't push us round | D |
Robert William Service
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