To The Men At Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH CICIJKJK ALALMNMN| No war is won by cannon fire alone | A |
| The soldier bears the grim and dreary role | B |
| He dies to serve the Flag that he has known | A |
| His duty is to gain the distant goal | B |
| But if the toiler in his homeland fair | C |
| Falter in faith and shrink from every test | D |
| If he be not on duty ever there | C |
| Lost to the cause is every soldier's best | D |
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| The men at home the toiler in the shop | E |
| The keen eyed watcher of the spinning drill | F |
| Hear no command to vault the trench's top | E |
| They know not what it is to die or kill | F |
| And yet they must be brave and constant too | G |
| Upon them lies their precious country's fate | H |
| They also serve the Flag as soldiers do | G |
| 'Tis theirs to make a nation's army great | H |
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| You hold your country's honor in your care | C |
| Her glory you shall help to make or mar | I |
| For they who now her uniforms must wear | C |
| Can be no braver soldiers than you are | I |
| From day to day in big and little deeds | J |
| At bench or lathe or desk or stretch of soil | K |
| You are the man your country sorely needs | J |
| Will you not give to her your finest toil | K |
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| No war is won by cannon fire alone | A |
| The men at home must also share the fight | L |
| By what they are a nation's strength is shown | A |
| The army but reflects their love of right | L |
| Will you not help to hold our battle line | M |
| Will you not give the fullest of your powers | N |
| In sacrifice and service that is fine | M |
| That victory shall speedily be ours | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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