The Hero's Legacy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIH| Upon the couch of death | A |
| The champion of the free | B |
| Gave with his parting breath | A |
| This solemn legacy | B |
| Sheathed be the battle blade | C |
| And hushed the cannons' thunder | D |
| The glorious UNION GOD hath made | C |
| Let no man put asunder | D |
| War banish from the land | E |
| Peace cultivate with all | F |
| United you must stand | E |
| Divided you will fall | F |
| Cemented with our blood | G |
| The UNION keep unriven | H |
| While freemen heard this counsel good | I |
| His spirit soared to heaven | H |
George Pope Morris
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