Dan Mcgann Declares Himself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDC EFEGHBII JKJLMN| Said Dan McGann to a foreign man who worked at the selfsame bench | A |
| 'Let me tell you this ' and for emphasis he flourished a Stilson wrench | A |
| 'Don't talk to me of the bourjoissee don't open your mouth to speak | B |
| Of your socialists or your anarchists don't mention the bolsheveek | B |
| For I've had enough of this foreign stuff I'm sick as a man can be | C |
| Of the speech of hate and I'm tellin' you straight that this is the land | D |
| for me | C |
| - | |
| 'If you want to brag just take that flag an' boast of its field o' blue | E |
| An' praise the dead an' the blood they shed for the peace o' the likes | F |
| o' you | E |
| Enough you've raved ' and once more he waved his wrench in a forceful way | G |
| 'O' the cunning creed o' some Russian breed I stand for the U S A | H |
| I'm done with your fads and your wild eyed lads Don't flourish your rag | B |
| o' red | I |
| Where I can see or by night there'll be tall candles around your bed | I |
| - | |
| 'So tip your hat to a flag like that Thank God for its stripes an' stars | J |
| Thank God you're here where the roads are clear away from your kings and | K |
| czars | J |
| I can't just say what I feel to day for I'm not a talkin' man | L |
| But first an' last I am standin' fast for all that's American | M |
| So don't you speak of the bolsheveek it's sick of that stuff I am | N |
| One God one flag is the creed I brag I'm boostin' for Uncle Sam ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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