The Things That Make A Soldier Great Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHEE IIJKCC| The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die | A |
| To face the flaming cannon's mouth nor ever question why | A |
| Are lilacs by a little porch the row of tulips red | B |
| The peonies and pansies too the old petunia bed | B |
| The grass plot where his children play the roses on the wall | C |
| 'Tis these that make a soldier great He's fighting for them all | C |
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| 'Tis not the pomp and pride of kings that make a soldier brave | D |
| 'Tis not allegiance to the flag that over him may wave | D |
| For soldiers never fight so well on land or on the foam | E |
| As when behind the cause they see the little place called home | E |
| Endanger but that humble street whereon his children run | F |
| You make a soldier of the man who never bore a gun | F |
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| What is it through the battle smoke the valiant soldier sees | G |
| The little garden far away the budding apple trees | G |
| The little patch of ground back there the children at their play | H |
| Perhaps a tiny mound behind the simple church of gray | H |
| The golden thread of courage isn't linked to castle dome | E |
| But to the spot where'er it be the humble spot called home | E |
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| And now the lilacs bud again and all is lovely there | I |
| And homesick soldiers far away know spring is in the air | I |
| The tulips come to bloom again the grass once more is green | J |
| And every man can see the spot where all his joys have been | K |
| He sees his children smile at him he hears the bugle call | C |
| And only death can stop him now he's fighting for them all | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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