Chant-pagan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHDGB IJKJKLMJNMO PJQPJRRSSJJJO TJJUJVJJJWTXJWVO JJYZA2JA2ZB2B2YJO SC2JD2D2JJJSE2JF2OOC 2OENGLISH IRREGULAR DISCHARGED | A |
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Me that 'ave been what I've been | B |
Me that 'ave gone where I've gone | C |
Me that 'ave seen what I've seen | D |
'Ow can I ever take on | E |
With awful old England again | F |
An' 'ouses both sides of the street | G |
And 'edges two sides of the lane | H |
And the parson an' gentry between | D |
An' touchin' my 'at when we meet | G |
Me that 'ave been what I've been | B |
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Me that 'ave watched 'arf a world | I |
'Eave up all shiny with dew | J |
Kopje on kop to the sun | K |
An' as soon as the mist let 'em through | J |
Our 'elios winkin' like fun | K |
Three sides of a ninety mile square | L |
Over valleys as big as a shire | M |
quot Are ye there Are ye there Are ye there quot | J |
An' then the blind drum of our fire | N |
An' I'm rollin' 'is lawns for the Squire | M |
Me | O |
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Me htat 'ave rode through the dark | P |
Forty mile often on end | J |
Along the Ma'ollisberg Range | Q |
With only the stars for my mark | P |
An' only the night for my friend | J |
An' things runnin' off as you pass | R |
An' things jumpin' up in the grass | R |
An' the silence the shine an' the size | S |
Of the 'igh unexpressible skies | S |
I am takin' some letters almost | J |
As much as a mile to the post | J |
An' quot mind you come back with the change quot | J |
Me | O |
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Me that saw Barberton took | T |
When we dropped through the clouds on their 'ead | J |
An' they 'ove the guns over and fled | J |
Me that was through Di'mond I'll | U |
An' Pieters an' Springs an' Belfast | J |
From Dundee to Vereeniging all | V |
Me that stuck out to the last | J |
An' five bloomin' bars on my chest | J |
I am doin' my Sunday school best | J |
By the 'elp of the Squire an' 'is wife | W |
Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook | T |
To come in an' 'ands up an' be still | X |
An' honestly work for my bread | J |
My livin' in that state of life | W |
To which it shall please God to call | V |
Me | O |
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Me that 'ave followed my trade | J |
In the place where the Lightnin's are made | J |
quot Twixt the Rains and the Sun and the Moon | Y |
Me that lay down an' got up | Z |
Three years with the sky for my roof | A2 |
That 'ave ridden my 'unger an' thirst | J |
Six thousand raw mile on the hoof | A2 |
With the Vaal and the Orange for cup | Z |
An' the Brandwater Basin for dish | B2 |
Oh it's 'ard to be'ave as they wish | B2 |
Too 'ard an' a little too soon | Y |
I'll 'ave to think over it first | J |
Me | O |
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I will arise an' get 'ence | S |
I will trek South and make sure | C2 |
If it's only my fancy or not | J |
That the sunshine of England is pale | D2 |
And the breezes of England are stale | D2 |
An' there's something' gone small with the lot | J |
For I know of a sun an' a wind | J |
An' some plains and a mountain be'ind | J |
An' some graves by a barb wire fence | S |
An' a Dutchman I've fought 'oo might give | E2 |
Me a job where I ever inclined | J |
To look in an' offsaddle an' live | F2 |
Where there's neither a road nor a tree | O |
But only my Maker an' me | O |
An I think it will kill me or cure | C2 |
So I think I will go there an' see | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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