Ossawatomie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDE F GHI GJGBEHKLMNLE| I DON'T know how he came | A |
| shambling dark and strong | B |
| - | |
| He stood in the city and told men | C |
| My people are fools my people are young and strong my people must learn my people are terrible workers and fighters | D |
| Always he kept on asking Where did that blood come from | E |
| - | |
| They said You for the fool killer you for the booby hatch and a necktie party | F |
| - | |
| They hauled him into jail | G |
| They sneered at him and spit on him | H |
| And he wrecked their jails | I |
| Singing 'God damn your jails ' | - |
| And when he was most in jail | G |
| Crummy among the crazy in the dark | J |
| Then he was most of all out of jail | G |
| Shambling dark and strong | B |
| Always asking Where did that blood come from | E |
| They laid hands on him | H |
| And the fool killers had a laugh | K |
| And the necktie party was a go by God | L |
| They laid hands on him and he was a goner | M |
| They hammered him to pieces and he stood up | N |
| They buried him and he walked out of the grave by God | L |
| Asking again Where did that blood come from | E |
Carl Sandburg
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