Alley Rats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC BDECF| They were calling certain styles of whiskers by the name of lilacs | A |
| And another manner of beard assumed in their chatter a verbal guise | B |
| Of mutton chops galways feather dusters | C |
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| Metaphors such as these sprang from their lips while other street cries | B |
| Sprang from sparrows finding scattered oats among interstices of the curb | D |
| Ah hah these metaphors and Ah hah these boys among the police they were known | E |
| As the Dirty Dozen and their names took the front pages of newspapers | C |
| And two of them croaked on the same day at a necktie party if we employ the metaphors of their lips | F |
Carl Sandburg
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