Gethsemane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEEDEB BEDEFEFE EDEB| A | |
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| The Garden called Gethsemane | B |
| In Picardy it was | C |
| And there the people came to see | D |
| The English soldiers pass | E |
| We used to pass we used to pass | E |
| Or halt as it might be | D |
| And ship our masks in case of gas | E |
| Beyond Gethsemane | B |
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| The Garden called Gethsemane | B |
| It held a pretty lass | E |
| But all the time she talked to me | D |
| I prayed my cup might pass | E |
| The officer sat on the chair | F |
| The men lay on the grass | E |
| And all the time we halted there | F |
| I prayed my cup might pass | E |
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| It didn't pass it didn't pass | E |
| It didn't pass from me | D |
| I drank it when we met the gas | E |
| Beyond Gethsemane | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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