Knucks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHEIJ KLMEAAE ENEOEP EO IQERS EECT| In Abraham Lincoln's city | A |
| Where they remember his lawyer's shingle | B |
| The place where they brought him | C |
| Wrapped in battle flags | D |
| Wrapped in the smoke of memories | E |
| From Tallahassee to the Yukon | F |
| The place now where the shaft of his tomb | G |
| Points white against the blue prairie dome | H |
| In Abraham Lincoln's city I saw knucks | E |
| In the window of Mister Fischman's second hand store | I |
| On Second Street | J |
| - | |
| I went in and asked How much | K |
| Thirty cents apiece answered Mister Fischman | L |
| And taking a box of new ones off a shelf | M |
| He filled anew the box in the showcase | E |
| And said incidentally most casually | A |
| And incidentally | A |
| I sell a carload a month of these | E |
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| I slipped my fingers into a set of knucks | E |
| Cast iron knucks molded in a foundry pattern | N |
| And there came to me a set of thoughts like these | E |
| Mister Fischman is for Abe and the malice to none stuff | O |
| And the street car strikers and the strike breakers | E |
| And the sluggers gunmen detectives policemen | P |
| - | |
| Judges utility heads newspapers priests lawyers | E |
| They are all for Abe and the malice to none stuff | O |
| - | |
| I started for the door | I |
| Maybe you want a lighter pair | Q |
| Came Mister Fischman's voice | E |
| I opened the door and the voice again | R |
| You are a funny customer | S |
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| Wrapped in battle flags | E |
| Wrapped in the smoke of memories | E |
| This is the place they brought him | C |
| This is Abraham Lincoln's home town | T |
Carl Sandburg
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