The Overland Mail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFDB GHGBDD IBIBDD BJBJDB| Foot Service to the Hills | A |
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| In the name of the Empress of India make way | B |
| O Lords of the Jungle wherever you roam | C |
| The woods are astir at the close of the day | B |
| We exiles are waiting for letters from Home | C |
| Let the robber retreat let the tiger turn tail | D |
| In the Name of the Empress the Overland Mail | D |
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| With a jingle of bells as the dusk gathers in | E |
| He turns to the foot path that heads up the hill | F |
| The bags on his back and a cloth round his chin | E |
| And tucked in his waist belt the Post Office bill | F |
| quot Despatched on this date as received by the rail | D |
| Per runner two bags of the Overland Mail quot | B |
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| Is the torrent in spate He must ford it or swim | G |
| Has the rain wrecked the road He must climb by the cliff | H |
| Does the tempest cry quot Halt quot What are tempests to him | G |
| The Service admits not a quot but quot or and quot if quot | B |
| While the breath's in his mouth he must bear without fail | D |
| In the Name of the Empress the Overland Mail | D |
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| From aloe to rose oak from rose oak to fir | I |
| From level to upland from upland to crest | B |
| From rice field to rock ridge from rock ridge to spur | I |
| Fly the soft sandalled feet strains the brawny brown chest | B |
| From rail to ravine to the peak from the vale | D |
| Up up through the night goes the Overland Mail | D |
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| There's a speck on the hillside a dot on the road | B |
| A jingle of bells on the foot path below | J |
| There's a scuffle above in the monkey's abode | B |
| The world is awake and the clouds are aglow | J |
| For the great Sun himself must attend to the hail | D |
| quot In the name of the Empress the Overland Mail quot | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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