Independence Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFGHII JKJLMMFF| WHAT does it all mean anyway | A |
| Noise of cannon and boom of gun | B |
| Deafening colorful fire display | A |
| Starting in with the rising sun | B |
| Ah it means that this land of ours | C |
| Fringed with mountains and decked with flowers | C |
| Warm with sunshine and wet with dew | D |
| Is dear to the hearts of her people true | D |
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| Every whizzing rocket that seeks the sky | E |
| And bursts in beauty the world above | F |
| Proclaims aloud as it journeys high | E |
| A nation's pride and a nation's love | F |
| It seems to speak of her wonders here | G |
| Her mines so rich and her skies so clear | H |
| Her harvests grand and her waving pines | I |
| Her fields of green and her creeping vines | I |
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| Oh a glorious day is this day we keep | J |
| For under the noise and the powder scent | K |
| Is a strain of love that is wide and deep | J |
| A touch of a nation's sentiment | L |
| Love of country the cannon speaks | M |
| Love of freedom the rocket shrieks | M |
| Love of the flag that waves above | F |
| This is the meaning a nation's love | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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