Exempt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJEKE LMNMEEOE

They have said you needn't go to the front to face the foeA
They have left you with your women and your children safe at homeB
They have spared you from the crash of the murderous guns that flashC
And the horrors and the madness and the death across the foamB
But it's your fight just the same and your country still must claimD
The splendor of your manhood and the best that you can doE
In a thousand different ways through the dark and troubled daysF
You must stand behind the nation that has been so good to youE
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You're exempt from shot and shell from the havoc and the hellG
That have robbed the world of gladness you have missed the sterner fateH
Of the brave young men and fine that are falling into lineI
You may stay among your children who are swinging on the gateH
But you're not exempt from love of the Flag that flies aboveJ
You've a greater obligation to your country to be trueE
You must work from day to day in a bigger better wayK
For the glory of the nation that has been so good to youE
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You are not exempt from trial from long days of self denialL
From devotion to your homeland and from courage in the testM
You are not exempt from giving to your country's needs and livingN
As a citizen and soldier an example of the bestM
You've a harder task before you than the boys who're fighting for youE
You must match their splendid courage and devotion through and throughE
You must prove by fine endeavor and by standing constant everO
That you're worthy of the country that has been so good to youE

Edgar Albert Guest



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