Washington Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDDDEE DDFF GHIII| Oh hero of our younger race | A |
| Great builder of a temple new | B |
| Ruler who sought no lordly place | A |
| Warrior who sheathed the sword he drew | B |
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| Lover of men who saw afar | C |
| A world unmarred by want or war | D |
| Who knew the path and yet forbore | D |
| To tread till all men should implore | D |
| Who saw the light and led the way | E |
| Where the gray world might greet the day | E |
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| Father and leader prophet sure | D |
| Whose will in vast works shall endure | D |
| How shall we praise him on this day of days | F |
| Great son of fame who has no need of praise | F |
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| How shall we praise him Open wide the | G |
| Of heroes moves o er unresounding floors | H |
| Men whose brawned arms upraised these colors high | I |
| And reared the towers that vanish in the sky | I |
| The strong who having wrought can never never die | I |
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