Columns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DCDE FCFF FF FFG FFG HHG IIG CCG DDG JJG CCC CCG KKG FFG LLG FFG MMG NNG CCG NNC BCBC| Mobile Columns of the Boer War | A |
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| Out o' the wilderness dusty an' dry | B |
| Time an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again | C |
| Oo is it 'eads to the Detail Supply | B |
| A sectioin a pompom an' six 'undred men | C |
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| 'Ere comes the clerk with 'is lantern an' keys | D |
| Time an 'igh time to be trekkin 'again | C |
| quot Surplus of everything draw what you please | D |
| quot For the section the pompom an' six 'unrdred men quot | E |
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| quot What are our orders an' where do we lay | F |
| Time an 'igh time to be trekkin' again | C |
| quot You came after dark you will leave before day | F |
| quot You section you pompom you six' undred men quot | F |
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| Down the tin street 'alf awake an 'unfed | F |
| 'Ark to 'em blessin' the Gen'ral in bed | F |
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| Now by the church an' the outspan they wind | F |
| Over the ridge an' it's all lef' be'ind | F |
| For the section etc | G |
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| Soon they will camp as the dawn's growin' grey | F |
| Roll up for coffee an' sleep while they may | F |
| The section etc | G |
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| Read their 'ome letters their papers an' such | H |
| For they'll move after dark to astonish the Dutch | H |
| With a section etc | G |
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| 'Untin' for shade as the long hours pass | I |
| Blankets on rifles or burrows in grass | I |
| Lies the section etc | G |
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| Dossin' or beatin' a shirt in the sun | C |
| Watching chameleons or cleanin' a gun | C |
| Waits the section etc | G |
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| With nothin' but stillness as far as you please | D |
| An' the silly mirage stringin' islands an' seas | D |
| Round the section etc | G |
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| So they strips off their hide an' they grills in their bones | J |
| Till the shadows crawl out from beneath the pore stones | J |
| Toward the section etc | G |
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| An' the Mauser bird stops an' the jacals begin | C |
| A the 'orse guard comes up and the Gunners 'ook in | C |
| As a 'int the pompom an' six 'undred men | C |
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| Off through the dark with the stars to rely on | C |
| Alpha Centauri an' somethin' Orion | C |
| Moves the section etc | G |
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| Same bloomin' 'ole which the ant bear 'as broke | K |
| Same bloomin' stumble an' same bloomin' joke | K |
| Down the section etc | G |
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| Same quot which is right quot where the cart tracks divide | F |
| Same quot give it up quot from the same clever guide | F |
| To the section etc | G |
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| Same tumble down on the same 'idden farm | L |
| Same white eyed Kaffir 'oo gives the alarm | L |
| Of the section etc | G |
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| Same shootin' wild at the end o' the night | F |
| Same flyin' tackle an' same messy fight | F |
| By the section etc | G |
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| Same ugly 'iccup an' same 'orrid squeal | M |
| When it's too dark to see an' it's too late to feel | M |
| In the section etc | G |
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| Same batch of prisoners 'airy an' still | N |
| Watchin' their comrades bolt over the 'ill | N |
| From the section etc | G |
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| Same chilly glare in the eye of the sun | C |
| As 'e gets up displeasured to see what was done | C |
| By the section etc | G |
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| Same splash o' pink on the stoep or the kraal | N |
| An' the same quiet face which 'as finished with all | N |
| In the section the pompom an' six 'undred men | C |
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| Out o' the wilderness dusty an' dry | B |
| Time an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again | C |
| ' Oo is it 'eads to the Detail Supply | B |
| A section a pompom an 'six' 'undred men | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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