That Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDBD BBBB AEAE FGFG DBDB BBBB HBHB CDBD| It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope | A |
| It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' from the 'alt | B |
| 'Ole companies was lookin' for the nearest road to slope | A |
| It were just a bloomin' knock out an' our fault | B |
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| Now there ain't no chorus 'ere to give | C |
| Nor there ain't no band to play | D |
| An' I wish I was dead 'fore I done what I did | B |
| Or seen what I seed that day | D |
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| We was sick o' bein' punished an' we let 'em know it too | B |
| An' a company commander up an' 'it us with a sword | B |
| An' some one shouted quot 'Ook it quot an' it come to sove ki poo | B |
| An' we chucked our rifles from us O my Gawd | B |
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| There was thirty dead an' wounded on the ground we wouldn't keep | A |
| No there wasn't more than twenty when the front begun to go | E |
| But Christ along the line o' flight they cut us up like sheep | A |
| An' that was all we gained by doin' so | E |
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| I 'eard the knives be'ind me but I dursn't face my man | F |
| Nor I don't know where I went to 'cause I didn't 'alt to see | G |
| Till I 'eard a beggar squealin' out for quarter as 'e ran | F |
| An' I thought I knew the voice an' it was me | G |
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| We was 'idin' under bedsteads more than 'arf a march away | D |
| We was lyin' up like rabbits all about the countryside | B |
| An' the major cursed 'is Maker 'cause 'e lived to see that day | D |
| An' the colonel broke 'is sword acrost an' cried | B |
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| We was rotten 'fore we started we was never disci plined | B |
| We made it out a favour if an order was obeyed | B |
| Yes every little drummer 'ad 'is rights an' wrongs to mind | B |
| So we had to pay for teachin' an' we paid | B |
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| The papers 'id it 'andsome but you know the Army knows | H |
| We was put to groomin' camels till the regiments withdrew | B |
| An' they gave us each a medal for subduin' England's foes | H |
| An' I 'ope you like my song because it's true | B |
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| An' there ain't no chorus 'ere to give | C |
| Nor there ain't no band to play | D |
| But I wish I was dead 'fore I done what I did | B |
| Or seen what I seed that day | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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