Graves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FG HIH HJKLL| I dreamed one man stood against a thousand | A |
| One man damned as a wrongheaded fool | B |
| One year and another he walked the streets | C |
| And a thousand shrugs and hoots | D |
| Met him in the shoulders and mouths he passed | E |
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| He died alone | F |
| And only the undertaker came to his funeral | G |
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| Flowers grow over his grave anod in the wind | H |
| And over the graves of the thousand too | I |
| The flowers grow anod in the wind | H |
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| Flowers and the wind | H |
| Flowers anod over the graves of the dead | J |
| Petals of red leaves of yellow streaks of white | K |
| Masses of purple sagging | L |
| I love you and your great way of forgetting | L |
Carl Sandburg
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