2 Now all you recruities what's drafted to-day, You shut up your rag-box an' 'ark to my lay, An' I'll sing you a soldier as far as I may: A soldier what's fit for a soldier. Fit, fit, fit for a soldier . . .

Analysis (ai): This poem, believed to have been written around the Boer War, captures the dangers and hardships faced by young British soldiers. The language is colloquial and blunt, …

The Young British Soldier When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East 'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast, An' 'e wonders because 'e is frequent deceased Ere 'e's fit for to serve …

The poem. This is one of the first group of Barrack Room Ballads, published after Kipling had returned to England in 1889. It is sung or recited by an experienced soldier giving good advice …

"Soldier, Soldier" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. This writing is a lyric poem with many of the same repeated lines, such as "Soldier, soldier come from the wars," and "you'd best go …

2025年2月10日 · If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman nor crack on nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British …

2003年1月16日 · Here we have Kipling's view of what the ordinary soldier was likely to encounter in "the East". Anyone feel like volunteering? The colorful advice he gives the soldier about how …