Our Duty To Our Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH CCJKKJ LLMNNM| Less hate and greed | A |
| Is what we need | A |
| And more of service true | B |
| More men to love | C |
| The flag above | C |
| And keep it first in view | B |
| - | |
| Less boast and brag | D |
| About the flag | D |
| More faith in what it means | E |
| More heads erect | F |
| More self respect | F |
| Less talk of war machines | E |
| - | |
| The time to fight | G |
| To keep it bright | G |
| Is not along the way | H |
| Nor 'cross the foam | I |
| But here at home | I |
| Within ourselves to day | H |
| - | |
| 'Tis we must love | C |
| That flag above | C |
| With all our might and main | J |
| For from our hands | K |
| Not distant lands | K |
| Shall come dishonor's stain | J |
| - | |
| If that flag be | L |
| Dishonored we | L |
| Have done it not the foe | M |
| If it shall fall | N |
| We first of all | N |
| Shall be to strike a blow | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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