We'll Go Down Ourselves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHHGG IJKJLEME DNONPEQE| What shall we do as years go by | A |
| And Peace remains a stranger | B |
| With Richmond yet in rebel hands | C |
| And Washington in danger | B |
| What shall we do for leaders when | D |
| Old Age this race is cropping | E |
| I asked whom I met | F |
| And didn't it set them hopping | E |
| - | |
| What shall we do What shall we do | G |
| Why lay them on the shelves | H |
| And we'll go down ourselves | H |
| And teach the rebels something new | G |
| And teach the rebels something new | G |
| - | |
| What shall we do when armies march | I |
| To storm the rebel quarters | J |
| If as of yore their marches end | K |
| Beside Potomac's waters | J |
| May not we call our soldiers home | L |
| May not we think of stopping | E |
| I strove to frame the question fair | M |
| But didn't it set them hopping | E |
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| What shall we do when all the men | D |
| For battle have enlisted | N |
| And yet the rebels hold their ground | O |
| And law is yet resisted | N |
| Instead of doing as I should | P |
| The theme politely dropping | E |
| I ventured yet one question more | Q |
| Oh didn't it get them hopping | E |
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