B H Fairchild

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Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCC DEC CCC CFG HIC JAK LMN

Gesang ist DaseinA
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A small thing done well the steel bit paringB
the cut end of the collar lifting delicateC
blue spirals of iron slowly out of lamplightC
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into darkness until they broke and fellD
into a pool of oil and water belowE
A small thing done well my father saidC
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so often that I tired of hearing it and lostC
myself in the shop's north end an underworldC
of welders who wore black masks and staredC
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through smoked glass where all was midnightC
except the purest spark the blue white arcF
of the clamp and rod Hammers made dull tunesG
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hacking slag and acetylene flames cast shadowsH
of men against the tin roof like great birdsI
trapped in diminishing circles of lightC
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Each day was like another I stood beside himJ
and watched the lathe spin on coils of ironA
climbing into dusk the file's drone the raspK
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and finally the honing cloth with its small songL
of things done well that I would carry into sleepM
and dreams of men with wings of fire and steelN

B H Fairchild



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