My Own Canadian Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHDID JKJKCDCD LMLMNDND OPOQRDRD| The demoiselles of sunny France | A |
| Have gaiety and grace | B |
| Britannia's maids a tender glance | A |
| A sweet and gentle face | B |
| Columbia's virgins bring to knee | C |
| Full many a duke and earl | D |
| But there is none can equal thee | C |
| My own Canadian girl | D |
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| Thy hair is finer than the floss | E |
| That tufts the ears of corn | F |
| Its tresses have a silken gloss | G |
| A glory like the morn | F |
| I prize the rich luxuriant mass | H |
| And each endearing curl | D |
| A special grace and beauty has | I |
| My own Canadian girl | D |
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| Thy brow is like the silver moon | J |
| That sails in summer skies | K |
| The mirror of a mind immune | J |
| From care serene and wise | K |
| Thy nose is sculptured ivory | C |
| Thine ears are lobes of pearl | D |
| Thy lips are corals from the sea | C |
| My own Canadian girl | D |
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| Thine eyes are limpid pools of light | L |
| The windows of thy soul | M |
| The stars are not so clear and bright | L |
| That shine around the pole | M |
| The crimson banners of thy cheeks | N |
| To sun and wind unfurl | D |
| Thy tongue makes music when it speaks | N |
| My own Canadian girl | D |
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| God keep thee fair and bright and good | O |
| As in thy morning hour | P |
| And make thy gracious womanhood | O |
| A still unfolding flow'r | Q |
| And stay thy thoughts from trifles vain | R |
| Thy feet from folly's whirl | D |
| And guard thy life from every stain | R |
| My own Canadian girl | D |
W. M. Mackeracher
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