Father And Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF CC GG HI JJ KK LL MM NN GG OO PQ RR SS TT| The King call'd forth his first born and took him by the hand | A |
| Come boy and see the people you must soon command | A |
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| A bold and stalwart nation dauntless in the fight | B |
| Strong as an iron buckler to guard their monarch's right | B |
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| Then the trumpets sounded and his vassals came | C |
| Gather'd round his banner loudly rang his name | C |
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| Clash'd their burnish'd targets waved their flashing steel | D |
| A goodly gath'ring look'd they arm'd from head to heel | D |
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| Child my heart beats proudly now I feel a king | E |
| As I look around me on this martial ring | E |
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| There I see the sinews that support a state | F |
| There I see the strength that makes a monarch great | F |
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| Men whose life is glory men whose death is fame | C |
| Living still in story past the reach of shame | C |
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| Many years pass'd over the old King was dead | G |
| And his child his first born reign d in his stead | G |
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| Many years he reign d and upon his brow | H |
| Now the frost of age lay like the winter's snow | I |
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| So he took his son forth as his father had | J |
| Come and see thy people said he to the lad | J |
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| And they rode together through the busy town | K |
| Many a peaceful merchant passing up and down | K |
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| Loud the workman's hammer sounded through the air | L |
| Portly look'd the craftsmen standing 'mid their ware | L |
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| And the sounds of labour blent with cheerful song | M |
| Told of peace and plenty as they rode along | M |
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| Smith and craftsman pausing youth and smiling lass | N |
| Trader man and master stood to see them pass | N |
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| With a bonnet lifted and God bless him said | G |
| By many a gentle bosom many a reverend head | G |
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| So the father turn'd him to his son and cried | O |
| Are not these bold subjects worth a monarch's pride | O |
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| In their own free circles by their quiet hearth | P |
| Rearing him a bulwark steady as the Earth | Q |
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| On their mighty anvils with a giant's skill | R |
| Bending stubborn iron to his lightest will | R |
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| Prosperous and happy free in heart and soul | S |
| These send forth my glory to the furthest Pole | S |
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| Where is there in story any fame above | T |
| That King's whose deeds are written in his people's love | T |
Walter R. Cassels
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