Here We Are! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEDFDF GHGHIDID JKJKLMLM| Here we are Britain the finest and best of us | A |
| Taking our coats off and rolling our sleeves | B |
| Answering the thoughtless that once made a jest of us | A |
| Each man a soldier for what he believes | B |
| Here we are tight little island in unity | C |
| Tell us the job that you want us to do | D |
| You can depend on us all with impunity | C |
| Give us a task and we'll all see it through | D |
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| Here we are France every Yankee born man of us | A |
| Coming to stand by your side in the fight | E |
| Liberty's cause makes a whole hearted clan of us | A |
| Here we are willing to die for the right | E |
| Silently long from our shores we've admired you | D |
| Secretly proud of the pluck you've displayed | F |
| Brothers we are of the love that inspired you | D |
| Now we are coming full front to your aid | F |
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| Here we are Allies make room in your trenches | G |
| Shoulder to shoulder we'll share in each drive | H |
| Here we are quitting our lathes and our benches | G |
| Bringing our best that our best shall survive | H |
| Here we are Liberty's children red blooded | I |
| Coming to share in the struggle with you | D |
| Ready to die for the Flag that's star studded | I |
| Tell us the work that you want us to do | D |
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| What is it fighting or building you're needing | J |
| Boring a mountain or bridging a stream | K |
| Steel work and real work Your call we are heeding | J |
| Each of us here is a man with a dream | K |
| Here we are tacklers of tough jobs and dangers | L |
| Any old post where you put us we'll fit | M |
| Coming to serve you as brothers not strangers | L |
| Here we are Allies to offer our bit | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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