He Should Meet A Mother There Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDJD AKAKCDCD| If he should meet a mother there | A |
| Along some winding Flanders road | B |
| No extra touch of grief or care | A |
| He'll add unto her heavy load | B |
| But he will kindly take her arm | C |
| And tender as her son will be | D |
| He'll lead her from the path of harm | C |
| Because of me | D |
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| Be she the mother of his foe | E |
| He will not speak to her in hate | F |
| My boy will never stoop so low | E |
| As motherhood to desecrate | F |
| But she shall know what once I knew | G |
| Eyes that are glorious to see | D |
| The light of manhood shining through | G |
| Because of me | D |
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| He will salute her as they meet | H |
| And stand before her bare of head | I |
| If she be hungry she may eat | H |
| His last remaining bit of bread | I |
| She'll find those splendid arms and strong | J |
| Quick to assist her tenderly | D |
| And they will guard her from all wrong | J |
| Because of me | D |
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| I miss his thoughtful loving care | A |
| I miss his smile these dreary days | K |
| But should he meet a mother there | A |
| Helpless and lost in war's grim maze | K |
| She need not fear to take his arm | C |
| As though she'd reared him at her knee | D |
| My son will shield her from all harm | C |
| Because of me | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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