Population Drifts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIAJKLMNOPQR| New mown hay smell and wind of the plain made her | A |
| a woman whose ribs had the power of the hills in | B |
| them and her hands were tough for work and there | C |
| was passion for life in her womb | D |
| She and her man crossed the ocean and the years that | E |
| marked their faces saw them haggling with landlords | F |
| and grocers while six children played on the stones | G |
| and prowled in the garbage cans | H |
| One child coughed its lungs away two more have adenoids | I |
| and can neither talk nor run like their mother | A |
| one is in jail two have jobs in a box factory | J |
| And as they fold the pasteboard they wonder what the | K |
| wishing is and the wistful glory in them that flutters | L |
| faintly when the glimmer of spring comes on | M |
| the air or the green of summer turns brown | N |
| They do not know it is the new mown hay smell calling | O |
| and the wind of the plain praying for them to come | P |
| back and take hold of life again with tough hands | Q |
| and with passion | R |
Carl Sandburg
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