Departed Statesmen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEF GGHH IIFF| Lines on our departed Canadian Statesmen with a glance at our two living leaders | A |
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| Joseph Howe none higher stood than thou | B |
| Thou wert a man with lofty brow | B |
| D'Arcey McGee so brillant and free | C |
| From Green Isle you came 'oer the sea | C |
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| George Cartier to the French ever dear | D |
| So high you stood without a peer | D |
| John Sandfield for long you did build | E |
| Power under economy's shield | F |
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| George Brown thou man of renown | G |
| Confederation you did crown | G |
| You now are all free from the strife | H |
| The wrangle and jangle of political life | H |
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| But if a glance at this world you take | I |
| You will there see John A and Blake | I |
| But Sir John the greatest power doth wield | F |
| Our Canadian Beaconsfield | F |
James Mcintyre
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