Canada's Resources Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IJAA KKLL HHMM HHCC NNNN| Small Scotland nobly held its own | A |
| Against the might of England's throne | A |
| And shall this land with its vast bounds | B |
| Shrink with fear ere the trumpet sounds | B |
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| While British blood doth course each vein | C |
| Proudly this heritage maintain | C |
| With fertile acres by the billions | D |
| Future homes for two hundred millions | D |
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| Each son could have a fertile farm | E |
| Brave men who ne'er will feel alarm | E |
| And they have both the nerve and skill | F |
| To work land with a right good will | F |
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| And she has got within her shores | G |
| Renowned mines of many ores | G |
| While her furnaces and forges | H |
| Iron in useful shape disgorges | H |
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| Her mighty forests they do yield | I |
| Lumber her cities for to build | J |
| But her wealth is not in these alone | A |
| She has great quarries too of stone | A |
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| Industry it here doth bloom | K |
| And skilful webs come from each loom | K |
| One of great nations under sun | L |
| A mightier race it yet will run | L |
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| For with the Anglo Saxon race | H |
| No other people can keep pace | H |
| Here they have room for to expand | M |
| Into a nation mighty grand | M |
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| With great railroads and canals | H |
| And care in legislative halls | H |
| A mighty future she will gain | C |
| And highest rank she will obtain | C |
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| Canada hopes it will be told | N |
| That she hath patriots brave and bold | N |
| To guide her helm shall be extolled | N |
| As loving country more than gold | N |
James Mcintyre
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