A Sphinx Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGH| Close mouthed you sat five thousand years and never | A |
| let out a whisper | A |
| Processions came by marchers asking questions you | B |
| answered with grey eyes never blinking shut lips | C |
| never talking | D |
| Not one croak of anything you know has come from your | E |
| cat crouch of ages | F |
| I am one of those who know all you know and I keep my | G |
| questions I know the answers you hold | H |
Carl Sandburg
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