The Hero Of Kalapore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEF AAGH IIAA JJKK AAAA LLMM NOLL PPPP AAKK IIAA QQRS TTTT UUVV WWAA DDXX YYKK ZZA2B2 AAC2C2The th Regiment has mutinied at Kalapore | A |
That was the substance of a telegram which caused great uproar | A |
At Sattara on the evening of the th of July | B |
And when the British officers heard it they heaved a bitter sigh | B |
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'Twas in the year of | C |
Which will long be remembered Oh Heaven | D |
That the Sepoys revolted and killed their British officers and their wives | E |
Besides they killed their innocent children not sparing one of their lives | F |
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There was one man there who was void of fear | A |
He was the brave Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr | A |
And to face the rebels boldly it was his intent | G |
And he assured his brother officers his men were true to the Government | H |
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And now that the danger was so near at hand | I |
He was ready to put his men to the test and them command | I |
And march to the rescue of his countrymen at Kalapore | A |
And try to quell the mutiny and barbarous uproar | A |
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And in half an hour he was ready to start | J |
With fifty brave horsemen fearless and smart | J |
And undaunted Kerr and his horsemen rode on without dismay | K |
And in the middle of the rainy season which was no child's play | K |
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And after a toilsome march they reached Kalapore | A |
To find their countrymen pressed very hard and sore | A |
The mutineers had attacked and defeated the Kalapore Light Infantry | A |
Therefore their fellow countrymen were in dire extremity | A |
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Then the Sepoys established themselves in a small square fort | L |
It was a place of strength and there they did resort | L |
And Kerr had no guns to batter down the gate | M |
But nevertheless he felt undaunted and resigned to his fate | M |
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And darkness was coming on and no time was to be lost | N |
And he must attack the rebels whatever be the cost | O |
Therefore he ordered his troopers to prepare to storm the fort | L |
And at the word of command towards it they did resort | L |
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And seventeen troopers advanced to the attack | P |
And one of his men Gumpunt Row Deo Kerr whose courage wasn't slack | P |
So great was his courage he couldn't be kept back | P |
So he resolved with Lieutenant Kerr to make the attack | P |
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Then with crowbars they dashed at the doors vigorously | A |
Whilst bullets rained around them but harmlessly | A |
So they battered on the doors until one gave way | K |
Then Lieutenant Kerr and his henchmen entered without dismay | K |
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Then Kerr's men rushed in sword in hand | I |
Oh what a fearful onslaught the mutineers couldn't it withstand | I |
And Kerr's men with straw set the place on fire | A |
And at last the rebels were forced to retire | A |
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And took refuge in another house and barricaded it fast | Q |
And prepared to defend themselves to the last | Q |
Then Lieutenant Kerr and Row Deo Kerr plied the crowbars again | R |
And heavy blows on the woordwork they did rain | S |
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Then the door gave way and they crawled in | T |
And they two great heroes side by side did begin | T |
To charge the mutineers with sword in hand which made them grin | T |
Whilst the clashing of swords and bayonets made a fearful din | T |
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Then hand to hand and foot to foot a fierce combat began | U |
Whilst the blood of the rebels copiously ran | U |
And a ball cut the chain of Kerr's helmet in two | V |
And another struck his sword but the man he slew | V |
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Then a Sepoy clubbed his musket and hit Kerr on the head | W |
But fortunately the blow didn't kill him dead | W |
He only staggered and was about to be bayoneted by a mutineer | A |
But Gumpunt Kerr laid his assailant dead without fear | A |
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Kerr's little party were now reduced to seven | D |
Yet fearless and undaunted and with the help of Heaven | D |
He gathered his small band possessed of courage bold | X |
Determined to make a last effort to capture the stronghold | X |
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Then he cried My men we will burn them out | Y |
And suffocate them with smoke without any doubt | Y |
So bundles of straw and hay were found without delay | K |
And they set fire to them against the doors without dismay | K |
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Then Kerr patiently waited till the doors were consumed | Z |
And with a gallant charge the last attack was resumed | Z |
And he dashed sword in hand into the midst of the mutineers | A2 |
And he and his seven troopers played great havoc with their sabres | B2 |
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So by the skillful war tactics of brave Lieutenant Kerr | A |
He defeated the Sepoy mutineers and rescued his countrymen dear | A |
And but for Lieutenant Kerr the British would have met with a great loss | C2 |
And for his great service he received the Victoria Cross | C2 |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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