Inspection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC DCDCCEC| 'You What d'you mean by this ' I rapped | A |
| 'You dare come on parade like this ' | B |
| 'Please sir it's ' ''Old yer mouth ' the sergeant snapped | A |
| 'I takes 'is name sir ' 'Please and then dismiss ' | B |
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| Some days 'confined to camp' he got | C |
| For being 'dirty on parade' | C |
| He told me afterwards the damn d spot | C |
| Was blood his own 'Well blood is dirt ' I said | C |
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| 'Blood's dirt ' he laughed looking away | D |
| Far off to where his wound had bled | C |
| And almost merged for ever into clay | D |
| 'The world is washing out its stains ' he said | C |
| 'It doesn't like our cheeks so red | C |
| Young blood's its great objection | E |
| But when we're duly white washed being dead | C |
| The race will bear Field Marshal God's inspection ' | - |
Wilfred Owen
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