Katharine Lee Bates

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To Canada Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ KEKELMLMNONO

OUR neighbor of the undefended boundA
Friend of the hundred years of peace our kinB
Fellow adventurer on the enchanted groundA
Of the New World must not the pain withinB
Our hearts for this wide anguish of the warC
Be keenest for your pain Is not our griefD
That aches with all bereavement tenderest forC
The tragic crimson on your maple leafD
Bitter our lot in this world clash of faithsE
To stand aloof and bide our hour to serveF
The glorious dead are living we are wraithsE
Dim watchers of the conflict's changing curveF
Yet proud for human valor spirit trueG
In scorn of body manhood on the crestH
Of consecration dearly proud for youG
Who sped to arms like knighthood to the QuestH
From quaint Quebec to stately MontrealI
Along the rich St Lawrence o'er the steepJ
Roofs of the Rockies rang the bugle callI
And east and west deep answering to deepJ
Your sons surged forth the simple stooping folkK
Of shop and wheatfield sprung to hero sizeE
Swiftly as e'er your Northern Lights awokeK
To streaming splendor quiet evening skiesE
Seek not your lost beneath the tortured sodL
Of France and Flanders where in desperate strifeM
They battled greatly for the cause of GodL
But when above the snow your heavens are rifeM
With those upleaping lusters find them thereN
Ardors of sacrifice celestial signO
Aureole your Angel shall forever wearN
Praising the irresistible DivineO

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