The Story Of Uriah Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAAA AACACA AAAADA AEAECE BEAEFGHG| Jack Barrett went to Quetta | A |
| Because they told him to | A |
| He left his wife at Simla | B |
| On three fourths his monthly screw | A |
| Jack Barrett died at Quetta | A |
| Ere the next month's pay he drew | A |
| - | |
| Jack Barrett went to Quetta | A |
| He didn't understand | A |
| The reason of his transfer | C |
| From the pleasant mountain land | A |
| The season was September | C |
| And it killed him out of hand | A |
| - | |
| Jack Barrett went to Quetta | A |
| And there gave up the ghost | A |
| Attempting two men's duty | A |
| In that very healthy post | A |
| And Mrs Barrett mourned for him | D |
| Five lively months at most | A |
| - | |
| Jack Barrett's bones at Quetta | A |
| Enjoy profound repose | E |
| But I shouldn't be astonished | A |
| If now his spirit knows | E |
| The reason of his transfer | C |
| From the Himalayan snows | E |
| - | |
| And when the Last Great Bugle Call | B |
| Adown the Hurnai throbs | E |
| And the last grim joke is entered | A |
| In the big black Book of Jobs | E |
| And Quetta graveyards give again | F |
| Their victims to the air | G |
| I shouldn't like to be the man | H |
| Who sent Jack Barrett there | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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