Soldier, Soldier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDED ABFB ABGB ABBB ABBB ABHB ABIB ABJBDDED| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| Why don't you march with my true love quot | B |
| quot We're fresh from off the ship an' 'e's maybe give the slip | C |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
| New love True love | D |
| Best go look for a new love | D |
| The dead they cannot rise an' you'd better dry your eyes | E |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love | D |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| What did you see o' my true love quot | B |
| quot I seed 'im serve the Queen in a suit o' rifle green | F |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| Did ye see no more o' my true love quot | B |
| quot I seed 'im runnin' by when the shots begun to fly | G |
| But you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| Did aught take 'arm to my true love quot | B |
| quot I couldn't see the fight for the smoke it lay so white | B |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| I'll up an' tend to my true love quot | B |
| quot 'E's lying on the dead with a bullet through 'is 'ead | B |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| I'll down an' die with my true love quot | B |
| quot The pit we dug'll 'ide 'im an' the twenty men beside 'im | H |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| Do you bring no sign from my true love quot | B |
| quot I bring a lock of 'air that 'e allus used to wear | I |
| An' you'd best go look for a new love quot | B |
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| quot Soldier soldier come from the wars | A |
| O then I know it's true I've lost my true love quot | B |
| quot An' I tell you truth again when you've lost the feel o' pain | J |
| You'd best take me for your true love quot | B |
| True love New love | D |
| Best take 'im for a new love | D |
| The dead they cannot rise an' you'd better dry your eyes | E |
| An' you'd best take 'im for your true love | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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