Old Timers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFG HII J KLI A| I am an ancient reluctant conscript | A |
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| On the soup wagons of Xerxes I was a cleaner of pans | B |
| On the march of Miltiades' phalanx I had a haft and head | C |
| I had a bristling gleaming spear handle | D |
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| Red headed C sar picked me for a teamster | E |
| He said Go to work you Tuscan bastard | F |
| Rome calls for a man who can drive horses | G |
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| The units of conquest led by Charles the Twelfth | H |
| The whirling whimsical Napoleonic columns | I |
| They saw me one of the horseshoers | I |
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| I trimmed the feet of a white horse Bonaparte swept the night stars with | J |
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| Lincoln said Get into the game your nation takes you | K |
| And I drove a wagon and team and I had my arm shot off | L |
| At Spottsylvania Court House | I |
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| I am an ancient reluctant conscript | A |
Carl Sandburg
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