Iron Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCADEDD DDDC FDG| Guns | A |
| Long steel guns | A |
| Pointed from the war ships | B |
| In the name of the war god | C |
| Straight shining polished guns | A |
| Clambered over with jackies in white blouses | D |
| Glory of tan faces tousled hair white teeth | E |
| Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses | D |
| Sitting on the guns singing war songs war chanties | D |
| - | |
| Shovels | D |
| Broad iron shovels | D |
| Scooping out oblong vaults | D |
| Loosening turf and leveling sod | C |
| - | |
| I ask you | F |
| To witness | D |
| The shovel is brother to the gun | G |
Carl Sandburg
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