The Great Chance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIJI KLMN OPOP QRQR| NOW strikes the hour upon the clock | A |
| The black sheep may rebuild the years | B |
| May lift the father's pride he broke | C |
| And wipe away his mother's tears | D |
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| To him the mark for thrifty scorn | E |
| God hath another chance to give | F |
| Sets in his heart a flame new born | E |
| By which his muddied soul may live | G |
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| This is the day of the prodigal | H |
| The decent people's shame and grief | I |
| When he shall make amends for all | J |
| The way to Glory's bloody and brief | I |
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| Clean from his baptism of blood | K |
| New from the fire he springs again | L |
| In shining raiment white and good | M |
| Beyond the wise home keeping man | N |
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| Somewhere to night no tears be shed | O |
| With shaking hands they turn the sheet | P |
| To find his name among the dead | O |
| Flower of the Army and the Fleet | P |
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| They tell with proud and stricken face | Q |
| Of his white boyhood far away | R |
| Who talked of trouble or disgrace | Q |
| 'Our splendid son is dead ' they say | R |
Katharine Tynan
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