A Father's Tribute Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FGHGIJKJ LMEMFNON PQRQJSS| I don't know what they'll put him at or what | A |
| his post may be | B |
| I cannot guess the task that waits for him across | C |
| the sea | B |
| But I have known him through the years and | D |
| when there's work to do | E |
| I know he'll meet his duty well I'll swear that | F |
| he'll be true | E |
| - | |
| I sometimes fear that he may die but never that | F |
| he'll shirk | G |
| If death shall want him death must go and take | H |
| him at his work | G |
| This splendid sacrifice he makes is filled with | I |
| terrors grim | J |
| And I have many thoughts of fear but not one | K |
| fear of him | J |
| - | |
| The foe may rob my life of joy the foe may | L |
| take my all | M |
| And desolate my days shall be if he shall have to | E |
| fall | M |
| But this I know whate'er may be the grief that | F |
| I must face | N |
| Upon his record there will be no blemish of | O |
| disgrace | N |
| - | |
| His days have all been splendid days there lies | P |
| no broken trust | Q |
| Along the pathway of his youth to molder in | R |
| the dust | Q |
| Honor and truth have marked his ways in him | J |
| I can be glad | S |
| He is as fine and true a son as ever a father had | S |
Edgar Albert Guest
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