Two Kopjes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCDEDE FGFHFIFA BJDKLMLM FNFNO BBPBLQQQ FBFBO BARABQBQ FSFSBTBT FQFQFIFA| Made Yeomanry towards End of Boer War | A |
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| Only two African kopjes | B |
| Only the cart tracks that wind | C |
| Empty and open between 'em | D |
| Only the Transvaal behind | C |
| Only an Aldershot column | D |
| Marching to conquer the land | E |
| Only a sudden and solemn | D |
| Visit unarmed to the Rand | E |
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| Then scorn not the African kopje | F |
| The kopje that smiles in the heat | G |
| The wholly unoccupied kopje | F |
| The home of Cornelius and Piet | H |
| You can never be sure of your kopje | F |
| But of this be you blooming well sure | I |
| A kopje is always a kopje | F |
| And a Boojer is always a Boer | A |
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| Only two African kopjes | B |
| Only the vultures above | J |
| Only baboons at the bottom | D |
| Only some buck on the move | K |
| Only a Kensington draper | L |
| Only pretending to scout | M |
| Only bad news for the paper | L |
| Only another knock out | M |
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| - | |
| Then mock not the African kopje | F |
| And rub not your flank on its side | N |
| The silent and simmering kopje | F |
| The kopje beloved by the guide | N |
| You can never be etc | O |
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| - | |
| Only two African kopjes | B |
| Only the dust of their wheels | B |
| Only a bolted commando | P |
| Only our guns at their heels | B |
| Only a little barb wire | L |
| Only a natural fort | Q |
| Only quot by sections retire quot | Q |
| Only quot regret to report quot | Q |
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| Then mock not the African kopje | F |
| Especially when it is twins | B |
| One sharp and one table topped kopje | F |
| For that's where the trouble begins | B |
| You never can be etc | O |
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| - | |
| Only two African kopjes | B |
| Baited the same as before | A |
| Only we've had it so often | R |
| Only we're taking no more | A |
| Only a wave to our troopers | B |
| Only our flanks swinging past | Q |
| Only a dozen voorloopers | B |
| Only we've learned it at last | Q |
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| Then mock not the African kopje | F |
| But take off your hat to the same | S |
| The patient impartial old kopje | F |
| The kopje that taught us the game | S |
| For all that we knew in the Columns | B |
| And all they've forgot on the Staff | T |
| We learned at the Fight o' Two Kopjes | B |
| Which lasted two years an' a half | T |
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| mock not the African kopje | F |
| Not even when peace has been signed | Q |
| The kopje that isn't a kopje | F |
| The kopje that copies its kind | Q |
| You can never be sure of your kopje | F |
| But of this be you blooming well sure | I |
| That a kopje is always a kopje | F |
| And a Boojer is always a Boer | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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