The Peaceful Warriors Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEE AGHGIEJEE KLMLENEE OPQPREAEE| Let others sing their songs of war | A |
| And chant their hymns of splendid death | B |
| Let others praise the soldiers' ways | C |
| And hail the cannon's flaming breath | B |
| Let others sing of Glory's fields | D |
| Where blood for Victory is paid | E |
| I choose to sing some simple thing | F |
| To those who wield not gun or blade | E |
| The peaceful warriors of trade | E |
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| Let others choose the deeds of war | A |
| For symbols of our nation's skill | G |
| The blood red coat the rattling throat | H |
| The regiment that charged the hill | G |
| The boy who died to serve the flag | I |
| Who heard the order and obeyed | E |
| But leave to me the gallantry | J |
| Of those who labor unafraid | E |
| The peaceful warriors of trade | E |
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| Aye let me sing the splendid deeds | K |
| Of those who toil to serve mankind | L |
| The men who break old ways and make | M |
| New paths for those who come behind | L |
| And face their problems unafraid | E |
| Who think and plan to lift for man | N |
| The burden that on him is laid | E |
| The splendid warriors of trade | E |
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| I sing of battles with disease | O |
| And victories o'er death and pain | P |
| Of ships that fly the summer sky | Q |
| And glorious deeds of strength and brain | P |
| The call for help that rings through space | R |
| By which a vessel's course is stayed | E |
| Thrills me far more than fields of gore | A |
| Or heroes decked in golden braid | E |
| I sing the warriors of trade | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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