For Merit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAF| To Parmentier Parisians raise | A |
| A statue fine and large | B |
| He cooked potatoes fifty ways | A |
| Nor ever led a charge | B |
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| ' Palmam qui meruit' the rest | C |
| You knew as well as I | D |
| And best of all to him that best | C |
| Of sayings will apply | D |
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| Let meaner men the poet's bays | A |
| Or warrior's medal wear | E |
| Who cooks potatoes fifty ways | A |
| Shall bear the palm de terre | F |
Ambrose Bierce
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