A Ballad Of Burial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBAB DBABCBCB BCBEEBEB BFBFFBFB GCGCCBCB HIHIJBJB| If down here I chance to die | A |
| Solemnly I beg you take | B |
| All that is left of quot I quot | A |
| To the Hills for old sake's sake | B |
| Pack me very thoroughly | C |
| In the ice that used to slake | B |
| Pegs I drank when I was dry | A |
| This observe for old sake's sake | B |
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| To the railway station hie | D |
| There a single ticket take | B |
| For Umballa goods train I | A |
| Shall not mind delay or shake | B |
| I shall rest contentedly | C |
| Spite of clamor coolies make | B |
| Thus in state and dignity | C |
| Send me up for old sake's sake | B |
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| Next the sleepy Babu wake | B |
| Book a Kalka van quot for four quot | C |
| Few I think will care to make | B |
| Journeys with me any more | E |
| As they used to do of yore | E |
| I shall need a quot special quot break | B |
| Thing I never took before | E |
| Get me one for old sake's sake | B |
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| After that arrangements make | B |
| No hotel will take me in | F |
| And a bullock's back would break | B |
| 'Neath the teak and leaden skin | F |
| Tonga ropes are frail and thin | F |
| Or did I a back seat take | B |
| In a tonga I might spin | F |
| Do your best for old sake's sake | B |
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| After that your work is done | G |
| Recollect a Padre must | C |
| Mourn the dear departed one | G |
| Throw the ashes and the dust | C |
| Don't go down at once I trust | C |
| You will find excuse to quot snake | B |
| Three days' casual on the bust quot | C |
| Get your fun for old sake's sake | B |
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| I could never stand the Plains | H |
| Think of blazing June and May | I |
| Think of those September rains | H |
| Yearly till the Judgment Day | I |
| I should never rest in peace | J |
| I should sweat and lie awake | B |
| Rail me then on my decease | J |
| To the Hills for old sake's sake | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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