Ice Handler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLJMJNJEO| I know an ice handler who wears a flannel shirt with | A |
| pearl buttons the size of a dollar | B |
| And he lugs a hundred pound hunk into a saloon ice | C |
| box helps himself to cold ham and rye bread | D |
| Tells the bartender it's hotter than yesterday and will be | E |
| hotter yet to morrow by Jesus | F |
| And is on his way with his head in the air and a hard | G |
| pair of fists | H |
| He spends a dollar or so every Saturday night on a two | I |
| hundred pound woman who washes dishes in the | J |
| Hotel Morrison | K |
| He remembers when the union was organized he broke | L |
| the noses of two scabs and loosened the nuts so the | J |
| wheels came off six different wagons one morning | M |
| and he came around and watched the ice melt in the | J |
| street | N |
| All he was sorry for was one of the scabs bit him on the | J |
| knuckles of the right hand so they bled when he | E |
| came around to the saloon to tell the boys about it | O |
Carl Sandburg
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