What We Want Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEFEGGE HGHGIIG| We have scores of temperance men | A |
| Bold and earnest brave and true | B |
| Fighting with the tongue and pen | A |
| And we value what they do | B |
| But my friends | C |
| To gain our ends | C |
| You must use the ballot too | B |
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| When we tell about our cause | D |
| Politicians only smile | E |
| While they mould and make our laws | F |
| What care they for rank or file | E |
| Preach and pray | G |
| They sneer and say | G |
| We'll make liquor laws the while | E |
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| We want men who dare to fling | H |
| Party ties and bonds away | G |
| Who will cast them off and cling | H |
| To the RIGHT and boldly say | G |
| No beer bloats | I |
| Shall get our votes | I |
| Then shall our cause gain the day | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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