My Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFEFGG HDHDII| I must not let my boy Dick down | A |
| Knight of the air | B |
| With wings of light he won renown | A |
| Then crashed somewhere | B |
| To fly to France from London town | A |
| I do not dare | B |
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| Oh he was such a simple lad | C |
| Who loved the sky | D |
| A modern day Sir Galahad | C |
| No need to die | D |
| Earthbound he might have been so glad | C |
| Yet chose to fly | D |
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| I ask from where his courage stemmed | E |
| I've never flown | F |
| Air travel I have oft condemned | E |
| Now I'm alone | F |
| Yet somehow hold the bright belief | G |
| God gave his brief | G |
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| So now I must live up to him | H |
| Who won on high | D |
| A lustre time will never dim | H |
| Though coward I | D |
| Let me revere till life be done | I |
| My hero son | I |
Robert Service
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