The Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHBHB IJIJKLKL| We never knew how much the Flag | A |
| Could mean until he went away | B |
| We used to boast of it and brag | A |
| As something of a by gone day | B |
| But now the Flag can start our tears | C |
| In moments of our greatest joy | D |
| Old Glory in the sky appears | E |
| The symbol of our little boy | D |
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| We knew that sometimes people wept | F |
| To see the Flag go waving by | G |
| But never guessed the griefs they kept | F |
| We never understood just why | G |
| But now our eyes grow quickly dim | H |
| Our voices choke with sobs to day | B |
| The Flag is telling us of him | H |
| Our little boy who's gone away | B |
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| We never knew the Flag could be | I |
| So much a part of human life | J |
| We thought it beautiful to see | I |
| Before these bitter days of strife | J |
| But now more beautiful it gleams | K |
| And deeper in our hearts it dwells | L |
| It is the emblem of our dreams | K |
| For of our little boy it tells | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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