Pencils Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDB CEFE CGHCFECIJFKFLM N| telling where the wind comes from | A |
| open a story | B |
| - | |
| Pencils | C |
| telling where the wind goes | D |
| end a story | B |
| - | |
| These eager pencils | C |
| come to a stop | E |
| only when the stars high over | F |
| come to a stop | E |
| - | |
| Out of cabalistic to morrows | C |
| come cryptic babies calling life | G |
| a strong and a lovely thing | H |
| I have seen neither these | C |
| nor the stars high over | F |
| come to a stop | E |
| Neither these nor the sea horses | C |
| running with the clocks of the moon | I |
| Nor even a shooting star | J |
| snatching a pencil of fire | F |
| writing a curve of gold and white | K |
| Like you I counted the shooting stars of a winter | F |
| night and my head was dizzy with all | L |
| of them calling one by one | M |
| - | |
| Look for us again | N |
Carl Sandburg
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