The Trade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC| They bear in place of classic names | A |
| Letters and numbers on their skin | B |
| They play their grisly blindfold games | A |
| In little boxes made of tin | B |
| Sometimes they stalk the Zeppelin | B |
| Sometimes they learn where mines are laid | C |
| Or where the Baltic ice is thin | B |
| That is the custom of The Trade | C |
| - | |
| Few prize courts sit upon their claims | A |
| They seldom tow their targets in | B |
| They follow certain secret aims | A |
| Down under Far from strife or din | B |
| When they are ready to begin | B |
| No flag is flown no fuss is made | C |
| More than the shearing of a pin | B |
| That is the custom of The Trade | C |
| - | |
| The Scout's quadruple funnel flames | A |
| A mark from Sweden to the Swin | B |
| The Cruiser's thund'rous screw proclaims | A |
| Her comings out and goings in | B |
| But only whiffs of paraffin | B |
| Or creamy rings that fizz and fade | C |
| Show where the one eyed Death has been | B |
| That is the custom of The Trade | C |
| - | |
| Their feats their fortunes and their fames | A |
| Are hidden from their nearest kin | B |
| No eager public backs or blames | A |
| No journal prints the yarn they spin | B |
| The Censor would not let it in | B |
| When they return from run or raid | C |
| Unheard they work unseen they win | B |
| That is the custom of The Trade | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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