United States Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG HBHB| He shall be great who serves his country well | A |
| He shall be loved who ever guards her fame | B |
| His worth the starry banner long shall tell | A |
| Who loves his land too much to stoop to shame | B |
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| Who shares the splendor of these sunny skies | C |
| Has freedom as his birthright and may know | D |
| Rich fellowship with comrades brave and wise | C |
| Into the realms of manhood he may go | D |
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| Who writes 'United States' beside his name | B |
| Offers a pledge that he himself is true | E |
| Gives guarantee that selfishness or shame | B |
| Shall never mar the work he finds to do | E |
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| He is received world wide as one who lives | F |
| Above the sordid dreams of petty gain | G |
| And is reputed as a man who gives | F |
| His best to others in their hours of pain | G |
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| This is the heritage of Freedom's soil | H |
| High purposes and lofty goals to claim | B |
| And he shall be rewarded for his toil | H |
| Who loves his land too much to stoop to shame | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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