Mamie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCHAIAJKLMNOAP QR STUV| Mamie beat her head against the bars of a little Indiana | A |
| town and dreamed of romance and big things off | B |
| somewhere the way the railroad trains all ran | C |
| She could see the smoke of the engines get lost down | D |
| where the streaks of steel flashed in the sun and | E |
| when the newspapers came in on the morning mail | F |
| she knew there was a big Chicago far off where all | G |
| the trains ran | C |
| She got tired of the barber shop boys and the post office | H |
| chatter and the church gossip and the old pieces the | A |
| band played on the Fourth of July and Decoration Day | I |
| And sobbed at her fate and beat her head against the | A |
| bars and was going to kill herself | J |
| When the thought came to her that if she was going to | K |
| die she might as well die struggling for a clutch of | L |
| romance among the streets of Chicago | M |
| She has a job now at six dollars a week in the basement | N |
| of the Boston Store | O |
| And even now she beats her head against the bars in the | A |
| same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place | P |
| the railroads run to from Chicago where maybe | Q |
| there is | R |
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| romance | S |
| and big things | T |
| and real dreams | U |
| that never go smash | V |
Carl Sandburg
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