July The Fourth, 1917 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKLMLM ENENOAOA GPGPQBQ| Time was the cry went round the world | A |
| America for freedom speaks | B |
| A new flag is to day unfurled | A |
| An eagle on the mountain shrieks | B |
| A king is failing on his throne | C |
| A race of men defies his power | D |
| And no one could have guessed or known | C |
| The burden of that splendid hour | D |
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| A bell rang out that summer day | E |
| And men and women stood and heard | F |
| That tongue of brass had more to say | E |
| Than could be spoken by a word | F |
| It spoke the thoughts of honest men | G |
| It whispered Destiny's intents | H |
| And rang a warning loudly then | G |
| To Kings of all the continents | I |
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| The old bell in its holy loft | J |
| Where pigeons nest has ceased to swing | K |
| And yet through many a day and oft | J |
| A weary people hear it sing | K |
| That hour long years ago when first | L |
| America for freedom fought | M |
| The bonds of slavery were burst | L |
| That hour began the reign of thought | M |
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| Here comes another summer day | E |
| America is on the sea | N |
| America has dared to say | E |
| That other people shall be free | N |
| No selfish stain her banner mars | O |
| Her flag for truth and right unfurled | A |
| With every stripe and all its stars | O |
| Still speaks its message to the world | A |
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| Out where the soldiers fight for men | G |
| Out where for others heroes die | P |
| Out where they storm the Tyrant's den | G |
| The Starry Banner lights the sky | P |
| And once again the cry goes out | Q |
| That brings the flush of hope to cheeks | B |
| Grown pale by bitter war and doubt | Q |
| 'America for Freedom speaks ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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