The Gray Chief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM| FOR THE MEETING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS | A |
| MEDICAL SOCIETY | B |
| - | |
| 'T is sweet to fight our battles o'er | C |
| And crown with honest praise | D |
| The gray old chief who strikes no more | E |
| The blow of better days | D |
| - | |
| Before the true and trusted sage | F |
| With willing hearts we bend | G |
| When years have touched with hallowing age | F |
| Our Master Guide and Friend | G |
| - | |
| For all his manhood's labor past | H |
| For love and faith long tried | I |
| His age is honored to the last | H |
| Though strength and will have died | I |
| - | |
| But when untamed by toil and strife | J |
| Full in our front he stands | K |
| The torch of light the shield of life | J |
| Still lifted in his hands | K |
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| No temple though its walls resound | L |
| With bursts of ringing cheers | M |
| Can hold the honors that surround | L |
| His manhood's twice told years | M |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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