London Types - Ii. Life-guardsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCBDBDBEE| Joy of the Milliner Envy of the Line | A |
| Star of the Parks jack booted sworded helmed | B |
| He sits between his holsters solid of spine | A |
| Nor as it seems though WESTMINSTER were whelmed | B |
| With the great globe in earthquake and eclipse | C |
| Would he and his charger cease from mounting guard | B |
| This Private in the Blues nor would his lips | C |
| Move though his gorge with throttled oaths were charred | B |
| He wears his inches weightily as he wears | D |
| His old world armours and with his port and pride | B |
| His sturdy graces and enormous airs | D |
| He towers in speech his Colonel countrified | B |
| A triumph waxing statelier year by year | E |
| Of British blood and bone and beef and beer | E |
William Ernest Henley
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about London Types - Ii. Life-guardsman poem by William Ernest Henley
Best Poems of William Ernest Henley