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They Shall Not Win

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919

Whatever the strength of our foes is now,
Whatever it may have been,
This is our slogan, and this our vow-
They shall not win, they shall not win.

Though out of the darkness they call the aid
Of the evil forces of Sin,
We utter our slogan unafraid-
They shall not win, they shall not win.

We know we are right, and know they are wrong.
So to God above and within-
We make our vow and we sing our song
They shall not win, they shall not win.

It rises over the shriek of shell,
And over the cannons' din:
Our slogan shall scatter the hosts of Hell-
They shall not win, they shall not win.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abaB cbcB dbdB ebeB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 579
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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