Prayers Of Steel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD AEFGH| Lay me on an anvil O God | A |
| Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar | B |
| Let me pry loose old walls | C |
| Let me lift and loosen old foundations | D |
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| Lay me on an anvil O God | A |
| Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike | E |
| Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together | F |
| Take red hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders | G |
| Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars | H |
Carl Sandburg
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