The Homecomer's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHFGH IJIJKLKL FGHFGH DMDMNLNL FGHFGHYE HO for a sight of the land that I love | A |
And her flag floating high on the breeze | B |
Ye ho for a sight of her blue skies above | A |
And the wonderful green of her trees | B |
For my heart's beating now with expectancy's thrill | C |
And my eyes show the trace of a tear | D |
I love every river and valley and hill | C |
In the land that I've missed for a year | E |
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Then it's home once again | F |
Where the dear ones await | G |
And it's back in the land of the free | H |
And it's back once again | F |
In my own native state | G |
This country's the country for me | H |
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The wonders of Egypt the splendors of Rome | I |
And Italy's charms I have seen | J |
But my heart yearns today for the glories of home | I |
And the sight of my own native green | J |
For nowhere are skies e'er as tenderly blue | K |
Nor dews that so tenderly fall | L |
As here in the land of the free and the true | K |
The best land on earth after all | L |
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Then it's home once again | F |
Where the dear ones await | G |
And it's back in the land of the free | H |
And it's back once again | F |
To my own native state | G |
This country's the country for me | H |
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O nowhere on earth are there women so fair | D |
Or men quite so noble and brave | M |
O nowhere are people less burdened with care | D |
As here where the Stars and Stripes wave | M |
And nowhere do stars seem so brightly to shine | N |
Or trees seem to grow quite so tall | L |
As here in this country I hallow as mine | N |
The best land on earth after all | L |
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Then it's home once again | F |
Where the dear ones await | G |
And it's back in the land of the free | H |
And it's back once again | F |
To my own native state | G |
This country's the country for me | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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