Eight O'clock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD| He stood and heard the steeple | A |
| Sprinkle the quarters on the morning town | B |
| One two three four to market place and people | A |
| It tossed them down | B |
| - | |
| Strapped noosed nighing his hour | C |
| He stood and counted them and cursed his luck | D |
| And then the clock collected in the tower | C |
| Its strength and struck | D |
Alfred Edward Housman
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