The Jacket Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEFEI JFJFFEFEI KLKLFEFEI MFMFFEFEI FFFFI| Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi | A |
| Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun | B |
| An' you might 'ave called us dirty an' you might ha' called us dry | C |
| An' you might 'ave 'eard us talkin' at the gun | B |
| But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket an' the jacket it was new | D |
| 'Orse Gunners listen to my song | E |
| An' the wettin' of the jacket is the proper thing to do | D |
| Nor we didn't keep 'im waitin' very long | E |
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| One day they gave us orders for to shell a sand redoubt | F |
| Loadin' down the axle arms with case | G |
| But the Captain knew 'is dooty an' he took the crackers out | F |
| An' he put some proper liquor in its place | G |
| An' the Captain saw the shrapnel which is six an' thirty clear | H |
| 'Orse Gunners listen to my song | E |
| quot Will you draw the weight quot sez 'e quot or will you draw the beer quot | F |
| An' we didn't keep 'im waitin' very long | E |
| For the Captain etc | I |
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| Then we trotted gentle not to break the bloomin' glass | J |
| Though the Arabites 'ad all their ranges marked | F |
| But we dursn't 'ardly gallop for the most was bottled Bass | J |
| An' we'd dreamed of it since we was disembarked | F |
| So we fired economic with the shells we 'ad in 'and | F |
| 'Orse Gunners listen to my song | E |
| But the beggars under cover 'ad the impidence to stand | F |
| An' we couldn't keep 'em waitin' very long | E |
| And the Captain etc | I |
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| So we finished 'arf the liquor an' the Captain took champagne | K |
| An' the Arabites was shootin' all the while | L |
| An' we left our wounded 'appy with the empties on the plain | K |
| An' we used the bloomin' guns for pro jec tile | L |
| We limbered up an' galloped there were nothin' else to do | F |
| 'Orse Gunners listen to my song | E |
| An' the Battery came a boundin' like a boundin' kangaroo | F |
| But they didn't watch us comin' very long | E |
| As the Captain etc | I |
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| We was goin' most extended we was drivin' very fine | M |
| An' the Arabites were loosin' 'igh an' wide | F |
| Till the Captain took the glassy with a rattlin' right incline | M |
| An' we dropped upon their 'eads the other side | F |
| Then we give 'em quarter such as 'adn't up and cut | F |
| 'Orse Gunners listen to my song | E |
| An' the Captain stood a limberful of fizzy somethin' Brutt | F |
| But we didn't leave it fizzing very long | E |
| For the Captain etc | I |
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| We might ha' been court martialled but it all come out all right | F |
| When they signalled us to join the main command | F |
| There was every round expended there was every gunner tight | F |
| An' the Captain waved a corkscrew in 'is 'and | F |
| But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket etc | I |
Rudyard Kipling
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