The German-american Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFFEGFFG| HONOR to him whose very blood remembers | A |
| The old enchanted dream song of the Rhine | B |
| Although his house of life is fair with shine | B |
| Of fires new kindled on the buried embers | A |
| Whose heart is wistful for the flowers he tended | C |
| Beside his mother for the caryen gnome | D |
| And climbing bear and cuckoo clock of home | D |
| For the whispering forest path two lovers wended | C |
| Who none the less still strange in speech and manner | E |
| With our young Freedom keeps his plighted faith | F |
| Sides with his children's hope against the wraith | F |
| Of his own childhood hails the Starry Banner | E |
| As emblem of his country now to morrow | G |
| A patriot by duty not by birth | F |
| The costliest loyalty has purest worth | F |
| Honor to him who draws the sword in sorrow | G |
Katharine Lee Bates
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