Government Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKELE KMFFE NBOPQRSTUV| The Government I heard about the Government and | A |
| I went out to find it I said I would look closely at | B |
| it when I saw it | C |
| Then I saw a policeman dragging a drunken man to | D |
| the callaboose It was the Government in action | E |
| I saw a ward alderman slip into an office one morning | F |
| and talk with a judge Later in the day the judge | G |
| dismissed a case against a pickpocket who was a | H |
| live ward worker for the alderman Again I saw | I |
| this was the Government doing things | J |
| I saw militiamen level their rifles at a crowd of | K |
| workingmen who were trying to get other workingmen | E |
| to stay away from a shop where there was a strike | L |
| on Government in action | E |
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| Everywhere I saw that Government is a thing made of | K |
| men that Government has blood and bones it is | M |
| many mouths whispering into many ears sending | F |
| telegrams aiming rifles writing orders saying | F |
| yes and no | E |
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| Government dies as the men who form it die and are laid | N |
| away in their graves and the new Government that | B |
| comes after is human made of heartbeats of blood | O |
| ambitions lusts and money running through it all | P |
| money paid and money taken and money covered | Q |
| up and spoken of with hushed voices | R |
| A Government is just as secret and mysterious and sensitive | S |
| as any human sinner carrying a load of germs | T |
| traditions and corpuscles handed down from | U |
| fathers and mothers away back | V |
Carl Sandburg
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