Cliffs Of Scotland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDDE FGFFG HIHHI JKJJK| Sixteen Americans who died on the Tuscania are | A |
| buried at the water's edge at the base of the rocky | B |
| cliffs at a Scottish port News Dispatch | C |
| - | |
| Cliffs of Scotland guard them well | D |
| Shield them from the blizzard's rage | E |
| Let your granite towers tell | D |
| That those sleeping heroes fell | D |
| In the service of their age | E |
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| Cliffs of Scotland they were ours | F |
| Now forever they are thine | G |
| Guard them with your mighty powers | F |
| Barren are your rocks of flowers | F |
| But their splendor makes them fine | G |
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| Cliffs of Scotland at your base | H |
| Freedom's finest children lie | I |
| Keep them in your strong embrace | H |
| Tell the young of every race | H |
| Such as they shall never die | I |
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| Cliffs of Scotland never more | J |
| Men shall think you stern and cold | K |
| Splendor now has found your shore | J |
| Unto you the ocean bore | J |
| Freedom's precious sons to hold | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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