The Boy Enlists Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJIKGG LMNMNHOH PQRQPJSJ| His mother's eyes are saddened and her cheeks | A |
| are stained with tears | B |
| And I'm facing now the struggle that I've | C |
| dreaded through the years | D |
| For the boy that was our baby has been changed | E |
| into a man | F |
| He's enlisted in the army as a true American | G |
| - | |
| He held her for a moment in his arms before | H |
| he spoke | I |
| And I watched him as he kissed her and it | J |
| seemed to me I'd choke | I |
| For I knew just what was coming and I knew | K |
| just what he'd done | G |
| 'Another little mother had a soldier for a son | G |
| - | |
| When we'd pulled ourselves together and the | L |
| first quick tears had dried | M |
| We could see his eyes were blazing with the fire | N |
| of manly pride | M |
| We could see his head was higher than it ever | N |
| was before | H |
| For we had a man to cherish and our baby was | O |
| no more | H |
| - | |
| Oh I don't know how to say it With the sorrow | P |
| comes the joy | Q |
| That there isn't any coward in the make up of | R |
| our boy | Q |
| And with pride our hearts are swelling though | P |
| with grief they're also hit | J |
| For the boy that was our baby has stepped | S |
| forth to do his bit | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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