The 'kentucky' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDDE FGFGHHHIIE ABABJJKLLE| Here's to her who bears the name | A |
| Of our State | B |
| May the glory of her fame | A |
| Be as great | B |
| In the battle's dread eclipse | C |
| When she opens iron lips | C |
| When our ships confront the ships | C |
| Of the foe | D |
| May each word of steel she utters carry woe | D |
| Here's to her | E |
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| II | - |
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| Here's to her who like a knight | F |
| Mailed of old | G |
| From far sea to sea the Right | F |
| Shall uphold | G |
| May she always deal defeat | H |
| When contending navies meet | H |
| And the battle's screaming sleet | H |
| Blinds and stuns | I |
| With the red terrific thunder of her guns | I |
| Here's to her | E |
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| III | - |
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| Here's to her who bears the name | A |
| Of our State | B |
| May the glory of her fame | A |
| Be as great | B |
| Like a beacon like a star | J |
| May she lead our squadrons far | J |
| When the hurricane of war | K |
| Shakes the world | L |
| With her pennant in the vanward broad unfurled | L |
| Here's to her | E |
Madison Julius Cawein
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