Barrack-room Ballads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHGH| When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre | A |
| He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea | B |
| An' what he thought 'e might require | C |
| 'E went an' took the same as me | B |
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| The market girls an' fishermen | D |
| The shepherds an' the sailors too | E |
| They 'eard old songs turn up again | F |
| But kep' it quiet same as you | E |
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| They knew 'e stole 'e knew they knowed | G |
| They didn't tell nor make a fuss | H |
| But winked at 'Omer down the road | G |
| An' 'e winked back the same as us | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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