Follow A Famous Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDED AFGFHIJI AKLKMCNC AOPOQLGL| I follow a famous father | A |
| His honor is mine to wear | B |
| He gave me a name that was free from shame | C |
| A name he was proud to bear | B |
| He lived in the morning sunlight | D |
| And marched in the ranks of right | D |
| He was always true to the best he knew | E |
| And the shield that he wore was bright | D |
| - | |
| I follow a famous father | A |
| And never a day goes by | F |
| But I feel that he looks down to me | G |
| To carry his standard high | F |
| He stood to the sternest trials | H |
| As only a brave man can | I |
| Though the way be long I must never wrong | J |
| The name of so good a man | I |
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| I follow a famous father | A |
| Not known to the printed page | K |
| Nor written down in the world's renown | L |
| As a prince of his little age | K |
| But never a stain attached to him | M |
| And never he stooped to shame | C |
| He was bold and brave and to me he gave | N |
| The pride of an honest name | C |
| - | |
| I follow a famous father | A |
| And him I must keep in mind | O |
| Though his form is gone I must carry on | P |
| The name that he left behind | O |
| It was mine on the day he gave it | Q |
| It shone as a monarch's crown | L |
| And as fair to see as it came to me | G |
| It must be when I pass it down | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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