Boes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJKBLBGMBNO OPQJR| I waited today for a freight train to pass | A |
| Cattle cars with steers butting their horns against the | B |
| bars went by | C |
| And a half a dozen hoboes stood on bumpers between | D |
| cars | E |
| Well the cattle are respectable I thought | F |
| Every steer has its transportation paid for by the farmer | G |
| sending it to market | H |
| While the hoboes are law breakers in riding a railroad | I |
| train without a ticket | H |
| It reminded me of ten days I spent in the Allegheny | J |
| County jail in Pittsburgh | K |
| I got ten days even though I was a veteran of the | B |
| Spanish American war | L |
| Cooped in the same cell with me was an old man a | B |
| bricklayer and a booze fighter | G |
| But it just happened he too was a veteran soldier and | M |
| he had fought to preserve the Union and free the | B |
| niggers | N |
| We were three in all the other being a Lithuanian who | O |
| got drunk on pay day at the steel works and got to | O |
| fighting a policeman | P |
| All the clothes he had was a shirt pants and shoes | Q |
| somebody got his hat and coat and what money he | J |
| had left over when he got drunk | R |
Carl Sandburg
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Boes
Boes is a poem by Carl Sandburg. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Boes poem by Carl Sandburg
Best Poems of Carl Sandburg