A Patriotic Creed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHIJK LLMMCC| To serve my country day by day | A |
| At any humble post I may | A |
| To honor and respect her flag | B |
| To live the traits of which I brag | B |
| To be American in deed | C |
| As well as in my printed creed | C |
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| To stand for truth and honest toil | D |
| To till my little patch of soil | D |
| And keep in mind the debt I owe | E |
| To them who died that I might know | E |
| My country prosperous and free | F |
| And passed this heritage to me | F |
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| I always must in trouble's hour | G |
| Be guided by the men in power | G |
| For God and country I must live | H |
| My best for God and country give | I |
| No act of mine that men may scan | J |
| Must shame the name American | K |
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| To do my best and play my part | L |
| American in mind and heart | L |
| To serve the flag and bravely stand | M |
| To guard the glory of my land | M |
| To be American in deed | C |
| God grant me strength to keep this creed | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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