The Choice (the American Spirit Speaks) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHI JKJL DMDM NONO| To the Judge of Right and Wrong | A |
| With Whom fulfillment lies | B |
| Our purpose and our power belong | A |
| Our faith and sacrifice | C |
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| Let Freedom's land rejoice | D |
| Our ancient bonds are riven | E |
| Once more to us the eternal choice | D |
| Of good or ill is given | E |
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| Not at a little cost | F |
| Hardly by prayer or tears | G |
| Shall we recover the road we lost | H |
| In the drugged and doubting years | I |
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| But after the fires and the wrath | J |
| But after searching and pain | K |
| His Mercy opens us a path | J |
| To live with ourselves again | L |
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| In the Gates of Death rejoice | D |
| We see and hold the good | M |
| Bear witness Earth we have made our choice | D |
| For Freedom's brotherhood | M |
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| Then praise the Lord Most High | N |
| Whose Strength hath saved us whole | O |
| Who bade us choose that the Flesh should die | N |
| And not the living Soul | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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