The Patriot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJKK LLDD CCBBMMNN| The patriot from his walls of brass | A |
| Is singing loudly as I pass | A |
| With fearless heart and open eyes | B |
| He shouts the ancient battle cries | B |
| And where I pause to hear him sing | C |
| A silent crowd is listening | C |
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| My country God bestows by thee | D |
| The glory of the world to be | D |
| The glory thou alone canst give | E |
| To last amid things fugitive | E |
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| My country an ideal form | F |
| I see thee splendid in the storm | F |
| Directress of the power divine | G |
| That makes the expectant future thine | G |
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| My country all the world shall bow | H |
| Before thy peace conceiving brow | H |
| And all the peoples humbly stand | I |
| Submissive to thy blessing hand | I |
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| My country yea the foes who raise | J |
| A tyrant flag shall learn to praise | J |
| Thy steadfast love that dares to fight | K |
| The horde of Satan for the right | K |
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| My country loveliest strongest best | L |
| Thou hast a mission to the rest | L |
| And greater wealth and love shall be | D |
| The guerdon of thy ministry | D |
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| In every land I hear him sing | C |
| In every land I see him fling | C |
| His country s flag against the skies | B |
| And gaze aloft with dazzled eyes | B |
| And then his loud applause rings round | M |
| His walls of brass with brazen sound | M |
| And deep below his cheering loud | N |
| I mark the murmur of the crowd | N |
John Le Gay Brereton
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