Over Here Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEBB FGFGBB AHAHII CJCKLL| Pledged to the bravest and the best | A |
| We stand who cannot share the fray | B |
| Staunch for the danger and the test | A |
| For them at night we kneel and pray | B |
| Be with them Lord who serve the truth | C |
| And make us worthy of our youth | C |
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| Here mother love and father love | D |
| Unite in love of country now | E |
| Here to the flag that flies above | D |
| Our heads we reverently bow | E |
| Here as one people night and day | B |
| For victory we work and pray | B |
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| Nor race nor creed shall difference make | F |
| Nor bigot mar the zealot's plan | G |
| We give our all for Freedom's sake | F |
| Each man a king each king a man | G |
| Make us the equal Lord we pray | B |
| Of them who die for truth to day | B |
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| Let us as gladly give our best | A |
| Let us as bravely pay the price | H |
| As they who in the bitter test | A |
| Meet the supremest sacrifice | H |
| Oh God Wherever we are led | I |
| Let us be worthy of our dead | I |
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| Let us not compromise the truth | C |
| Let us not cringe so much in fear | J |
| That foes may whisper to our youth | C |
| That we have failed in courage here | K |
| Lord strengthen us that they may know | L |
| Our spirits follow where they go | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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