The Boy And The Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDJD KLKMNDND| I want my boy to love his home | A |
| His Mother yes and me | B |
| I want him wheresoe'er he'll roam | A |
| With us in thought to be | B |
| I want him to love what is fine | C |
| Nor let his standards drag | D |
| But Oh I want that boy of mine | C |
| To love his country's flag | D |
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| I want him when he older grows | E |
| To love all things of earth | F |
| And Oh I want him when he knows | E |
| To choose the things of worth | F |
| I want him to the heights to climb | G |
| Nor let ambition lag | D |
| But Oh I want him all the time | G |
| To love his country's flag | D |
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| I want my boy to know the best | H |
| I want him to be great | I |
| I want him in Life's distant West | H |
| Prepared for any fate | I |
| I want him to be simple too | J |
| Though clever ne'er to brag | D |
| But Oh I want him through and through | J |
| To love his country's flag | D |
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| I want my boy to be a man | K |
| And yet in distant years | L |
| I pray that he'll have eyes that can | K |
| Not quite keep back the tears | M |
| When coming from some foreign shore | N |
| And alien scenes that fag | D |
| Borne on its native breeze once more | N |
| He sees his country's flag | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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