Near Keokuk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGFHIJKL| THIRTY TWO Greeks are dipping their feet in a creek | A |
| Sloshing their bare feet in a cool flow of clear water | B |
| All one midsummer day ten hours the Greeks | C |
| stand in leather shoes shoveling gravel | D |
| Now they hold their toes and ankles | E |
| to the drift of running water | B |
| Then they go to the bunk cars | F |
| and eat mulligan and prune sauce | G |
| Smoke one or two pipefuls look at the stars | F |
| tell smutty stories | H |
| About men and women they have known | I |
| countries they have seen | J |
| Railroads they have built | K |
| and then the deep sleep of children | L |
Carl Sandburg
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