Men O' The Forest Mark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ICIC JKJK CLCL ABAB| What we most need is men of worth | A |
| Men o' the forest mark | B |
| Of lofty height and mighty girth | A |
| And green unbroken bark | B |
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| Not men whom circumstances | C |
| Have stunted wasted sapped | D |
| Men fearful of fighting chances | C |
| Clinging to by paths mapped | D |
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| Holding honor and truth below | E |
| Promotion place and pelf | F |
| Weaklings that change as winds do blow | E |
| Lost in their love of self | F |
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| Tricksters playing a game unfair | G |
| Count them sirs at this hour | H |
| Ready to dance to maddest air | G |
| Piped by the man in power | H |
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| The need sore need of this young land | I |
| Is honest men good sirs | C |
| Men as her oak trees tall and grand | I |
| Staunch as her stalwart firs | C |
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| Steadfast unswerving first and last | J |
| Fearless of front and strong | K |
| Meeting the challenge of the blast | J |
| With high clear battle song | K |
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| Not sapless things of the byways | C |
| Lacking in life and strength | L |
| Not shrivelled shrubs of the highways | C |
| Pigmy of breadth and length | L |
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| But noblest growth of God's green earth | A |
| Men o' the forest mark | B |
| Of lofty height and giant girth | A |
| And green unbroken bark | B |
Jean Blewett
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