Rimini Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDDEEDDE DFAFGFAF H DDADADAD H ICACJCAC H

Marching Song of a Roman Legion of the Later EmpireA
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When I left Rome for Lalage's sakeB
By the Legions' Road to RiminiC
She vowed her heart was mine to takeB
With me and my shield to RiminiC
Till the Eagles flew from RiminiC
And I've tramped Britain and I've tramped GaulD
And the Pontic shore where the snow flakes fallD
As white as the neck of LalageE
As cold as the heart of LalageE
And I've lost Britain and I've lost GaulD
And I've lost Rome and worst of allD
I've lost LalageE
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When you go by the Via AureliaD
As thousands have traveled beforeF
Remember the Luck of the SoldierA
Who never saw Rome any moreF
Oh dear was the sweetheart that kissed himG
And dear was the mother that boreF
But his shield was picked up in the heatherA
And he never saw Rome any moreF
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And he left Rome etcH
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When you go by the Via AureliaD
That runs from the City to GaulD
Remember the Luck of the SoldierA
Who rose to be master of allD
He carried the sword and the bucklerA
He mounted his guard on the WallD
Till the Legions elected him CaesarA
And he rose to be master of allD
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And he left Rome etcH
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It's twenty five marches to NarboI
It's forty five more up the RhoneC
And the end may be death in the heatherA
Or life on an Emperor's throneC
But whether the Eagles obey usJ
Or we go to the Ravens aloneC
I'd sooner be Lalage's loverA
Than sit on an Emperor's throneC
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We've all left Rome for Lalage's sake etcH

Rudyard Kipling



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