Farewell And Adieu.... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DAEA FGHG IJKJ ABCB| Farewell and adieu to you Harwich Ladies | A |
| Farewell and adieu to you ladies ashore | B |
| For we've received orders to work to the eastward | C |
| Where we hope in a short time to strafe 'em some more | B |
| - | |
| We'll duck and we'll dive like little tin turtles | D |
| We'll duck and we'll dive underneath the North Seas | A |
| Until we strike something that doesn't expect us | E |
| From here to Cuxhaven it's go as you please | A |
| - | |
| The first thing we did was to dock in a minefield | F |
| Which isn't a place where repairs should be done | G |
| And there we lay doggo in twelve fathom water | H |
| With tri nitro toluol hogging our run | G |
| - | |
| The next thing we did we rose under a Zeppelin | I |
| With his shiny big belly half blocking the sky | J |
| But what in the Heavens can you do with six pounders | K |
| So we fired what we had and we bade him good bye | J |
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| Farewell and adieu to you Harwich Ladies | A |
| Farewell and adieu to you ladies ashore | B |
| For we've received orders to work to the eastward | C |
| Where we hope in a short time to strafe 'em some more | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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