The Instructor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCB DCBDC BDBDC CDBDBC| Non commissioned Officers of the Line | A |
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| At times when under cover I 'ave said | B |
| To keep my spirits up an' raise a laugh | C |
| 'Earin 'im pass so busy over 'ead | B |
| Old Nickel Neck 'oo is n't on the Staff | C |
| quot There's one above is greater than us all quot | B |
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| Before 'im I 'ave seen my Colonel fall | D |
| An 'watched 'im write my Captain's epitaph | C |
| So that a long way off it could be read | B |
| He 'as the knack o' makin' men feel small | D |
| Old Whistle Tip 'oo is n't on the Staff | C |
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| There is no sense in fleein'' I 'ave fled | B |
| Better go on an' do the belly crawl | D |
| An' 'ope' 'e ' l it some other man instead | B |
| Of you 'e seems to 'unt so speshual | D |
| Fitzy van Spitz 'oo is n't on the Staff | C |
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| An' thus in mem'ry's cinematograph | C |
| Now that the show is over I recall | D |
| The peevish voice an' 'oary mushroom 'ead | B |
| Of 'im we owned was greater than us all | D |
| 'Oo give instruction to the quick an' the dead | B |
| The Shudderin'' Beggar not upon the Staff | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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