Show The Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGBBHH DDIIJJ KLMMNN| Show the flag and let it wave | A |
| As a symbol of the brave | A |
| Let it float upon the breeze | B |
| As a sign for each who sees | B |
| That beneath it where it rides | C |
| Loyalty to day abides | C |
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| Show the flag and signify | D |
| That it wasn't born to die | D |
| Let its colors speak for you | E |
| That you still are standing true | E |
| True in sight of God and man | F |
| To the work that flag began | F |
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| Show the flag that all may see | G |
| That you serve humanity | G |
| Let it whisper to the breeze | B |
| That comes singing through the trees | B |
| That whatever storms descend | H |
| You'll be faithful to the end | H |
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| Show the flag and let it fly | D |
| Cheering every passer by | D |
| Men that may have stepped aside | I |
| May have lost their old time pride | I |
| May behold it there and then | J |
| Consecrate themselves again | J |
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| Show the flag The day is gone | K |
| When men blindly hurry on | L |
| Serving only gods of gold | M |
| Now the spirit that was cold | M |
| Warms again to courage fine | N |
| Show the flag and fall in line | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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