Big Steamers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADCD AEFE AGAH AIEJ AKAL JMAM| Oh where are you going to all you Big Steamers | A |
| With England's own coal up and down the salt seas | B |
| We are going to fetch you your bread and your butter | C |
| Your beef pork and mutton eggs apples and cheese | B |
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| And where will you fetch it from all you Big Steamers | A |
| And where shall I write you when you are away | D |
| We fetch it from Melbourne Quebec and Vancouver | C |
| Address us at Hobart Hong Kong and Bombay | D |
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| But if anything happened to all you Big Steamers | A |
| And suppose you were wrecked up and down the salt sea | E |
| Then you'd have no coffee or bacon for breakfast | F |
| And you'd have no muffins or toast for your tea | E |
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| Then I'll pray for fine weather for all you Big Steamers | A |
| For little blue billows and breezes so soft | G |
| Oh billows and breezes don't bother Big Steamers | A |
| For we're iron below and steel rigging aloft | H |
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| Then I'll build a new lighthouse for all you Big Steamers | A |
| With plenty wise pilots to pilot you through | I |
| Oh the Channel's as bright as a ball room already | E |
| And pilots are thicker than pilchards at Looe | J |
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| Then what can I do for you all you Big Steamers | A |
| Oh what can I do for your comfort and good | K |
| Send out your big warships to watch your big waters | A |
| That no one may stop us from bringing you food | L |
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| For the bread that you eat and the biscuits you nibble | J |
| The sweets that you suck and the joints that you carve | M |
| They are brought to you daily by all us Big Steamers | A |
| And if one hinders our coming you'll starve | M |
Rudyard Kipling
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