Battalion Relief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDD BEFEFGG HI JIJKLLL| Fall in Now get a move on Curse the rain | A |
| We splash away along the straggling village | B |
| Out to the flat rich country green with June | C |
| And sunset flares across wet crops and tillage | B |
| Blazing with splendour patches Harvest soon | C |
| Up in the Line Perhaps the War'll be done | D |
| By Christmas time Keep smiling then old son | D |
| - | |
| Here's the Canal it's dusk we cross the bridge | B |
| Lead on there by platoons The Line's a glare | E |
| With shell fire through the poplars distant rattle | F |
| Of rifles and machine guns Fritz is there | E |
| Christ ain't it lively Sergeant Is't a battle | F |
| More rain the lightning blinks and thunder rumbles | G |
| There's overhead artillery some chap grumbles | G |
| - | |
| What's all this mob by the cross road The guides | H |
| Lead on with Number One And off they go | I |
| - | |
| Three minute intervals Poor blundering files | J |
| Sweating and blindly burdened who's to know | I |
| If death will catch them in those two dark miles | J |
| More rain Lead on Headquarters | K |
| That's the lot | L |
| Who's that O Sergeant major don't get shot | L |
| And tell me have we won this war or not | L |
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Battalion Relief
Battalion Relief is a poem by Siegfried Loraine Sassoon. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Battalion Relief poem by Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
Best Poems of Siegfried Loraine Sassoon