Half-ballade Of Waterval Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCDC ABAB BCDC ABAB BCDC BABA ACDC| When by the labour of my 'ands | A |
| I've 'elped to pack a transport tight | B |
| With prisoners for foreign lands | A |
| I ain't transported with delight | B |
| - | |
| I know it's only just an' right | B |
| But yet it somehow sickens me | C |
| For I 'ave learned at Waterval | D |
| The meanin' of captivity | C |
| - | |
| Be'ind the pegged barb wire strands | A |
| Beneath the tall electric light | B |
| We used to walk in bare 'ead bands | A |
| Explainin' 'ow we lost our fight | B |
| - | |
| An' that is what they'll do to night | B |
| Upon the steamer out at sea | C |
| If I 'ave learned at Waterval | D |
| The meanin' of captivity | C |
| - | |
| They'll never know the shame that brands | A |
| Black shame no livin' down makes white | B |
| The mockin' from the sentry stands | A |
| The women's laugh the gaoler's spite | B |
| - | |
| We are too bloomin' much polite | B |
| But that is 'ow I'd 'ave us be | C |
| Since I 'ave learned at Waterval | D |
| The meanin' of captivity | C |
| - | |
| They'll get those draggin' days all right | B |
| Spent as a foreigner commands | A |
| An' 'orrors of the locked up night | B |
| With 'Ell's own thinkin' on their 'ands | A |
| - | |
| I'd give the gold o' twenty Rands | A |
| If it was mine to set 'em free | C |
| For I 'ave learned at Waterval | D |
| The meanin' of captivity | C |
Rudyard Kipling
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Half-ballade Of Waterval poem by Rudyard Kipling
Best Poems of Rudyard Kipling