Ameria's Welcome Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF C GG HHII JJDD| Oh gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue | A |
| America's crusading host of warriors bold and true | A |
| They battled for the rights of man beside our brave Allies | B |
| And now they're coming home to us with glory in their eyes | B |
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| Oh it's home again and home again America for me | C |
| Our hearts are turning home again and there we long to be | C |
| In our beautiful big country beyond the ocean bars | D |
| Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars | D |
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| Our boys have seen the Old World as none have seen before | E |
| They know the grisly horror of the German gods of war | E |
| The noble faith of Britain and the hero heart of France | F |
| The soul of Belgium's fortitude and Italy's romance | F |
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| They bore our country's great word across the rolling sea | C |
| 'America swears brotherhood with all the just and free ' | - |
| They wrote that word victorious on fields of mortal strife | G |
| And many a valiant lad was proud to seal it with his life | G |
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| Oh welcome home in Heaven's peace dear spirits of the dead | H |
| And welcome home ye living sons America hath bred | H |
| The lords of war are beaten down your glorious task is done | I |
| You fought to make the whole world free and the victory is won | I |
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| Now it's home again and home again our hearts are turning west | J |
| Of all the lands beneath the sun America is best | J |
| We're going home to our own folks beyond the ocean bars | D |
| Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars | D |
Henry Van Dyke
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