The Ubique Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FDEE AA EEGG HH I JJK HH

There is a word you often see pronounce it as you mayA
'You bike ' 'you bikwe ' 'ubbikwe' alludin' to R AB
It serves 'Orse Field an' Garrison as motto for a crestC
An' when you've found out all it means I'll tell you 'alf the restC
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Ubique means the long range Krupp be'ind the low range 'illD
Ubique means you'll pick it up an' while you do stand stillD
Ubique means you've caught the flash an' timed it by the soundE
Ubique means five gunners' 'ash before you've loosed a roundE
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Ubique means Blue Fuse an' make the 'ole to sink the trail extreme rangeF
Ubique means stand up an' take the Mauser's 'alf mile 'ailD
Ubique means the crazy team not God nor man can 'oldE
Ubique means that 'orse's scream which turns your innards coldE
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Ubique means 'Bank 'Olborn Bank a penny all the wayA
The soothin' jingle bump an' clank from day to peaceful dayA
Ubique means 'They've caught De Wet an' now we sha'n't be long '-
Ubique means 'I much regret the beggar's going strong '-
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Ubique means the tearin' drift where breech blocks jammed with mudE
The khaki muzzles duck an' lift across the khaki floodE
Ubique means the dancing plain that changes rocks to BoersG
Ubique means the mirage again an' shellin' all outdoorsG
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Ubique means 'Entrain at once for Grootdefeatfontein'H
Ubique means 'Off load your guns' at midnight in the rainH
Ubique means 'More mounted men Return all guns to store '-
Ubique means the R A M R Infantillery CorpsI
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Ubique means the warnin' grunt the perished linesman knowsJ
When o'er 'is strung an' sufferin' front the shrapnel sprays 'is foesJ
An' as their firin' dies away the 'usky whisper runsK
From lips that 'aven't drunk all day 'The Guns Thank Gawd the Guns '-
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Extreme depressed point blank or short end first or any'owH
From Colesberg Kop to Quagga's Poort from Ninety Nine till nowH

Rudyard Kipling



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