Aztec Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEFG HIJKLMDNOD| You came from the Aztecs | A |
| With a copper on your fore arms | B |
| Tawnier than a sunset | C |
| Saying good by to an even river | D |
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| And I said you remember | D |
| Those fore arms of yours | E |
| Were finer than bronzes | F |
| And you were glad | G |
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| It was tears | H |
| And a path west | I |
| and a home going | J |
| when I asked | K |
| Why there were scars of worn gold | L |
| Where a man's ring was fixed once | M |
| On your third finger | D |
| And I call you | N |
| To come back | O |
| before the days are longer | D |
Carl Sandburg
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