Chamfort Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFGCGIJG| There's Chamfort He's a sample | A |
| Locked himself in his library with a gun | B |
| Shot off his nose and shot out his right eye | C |
| And this Chamfort knew how to write | D |
| And thousands read his books on how to live | E |
| But he himself didn't know | F |
| How to die by force of his own hand see | G |
| They found him a red pool on the carpet | H |
| Cool as an April forenoon | F |
| Talking and talking gay maxims and grim epigrams | G |
| Well he wore bandages over his nose and right eye | C |
| Drank coffee and chatted many years | G |
| With men and women who loved him | I |
| Because he laughed and daily dared Death | J |
| Come and take me | G |
Carl Sandburg
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