Purple Martins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABA CAD EAAFC AGAA HIACIJABAD| IF we were such and so the same as these | A |
| maybe we too would be slingers and sliders | A |
| tumbling half over in the water mirrors | A |
| tumbling half over at the horse heads of the sun | B |
| tumbling our purple numbers | A |
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| Twirl on you and your satin blue | C |
| Be water birds be air birds | A |
| Be these purple tumblers you are | D |
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| Dip and get away | E |
| From loops into slip knots | A |
| Write your own ciphers and figure eights | A |
| It is your wooded island here in Lincoln park | F |
| Everybody knows this belongs to you | C |
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| Five fat geese | A |
| Eat grass on a sod bank | G |
| And never count your slinging ciphers | A |
| your sliding figure eights | A |
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| A man on a green paint iron bench | H |
| Slouches his feet and sniffs in a book | I |
| And looks at you and your loops and slip knots | A |
| And looks at you and your sheaths of satin blue | C |
| And slouches again and sniffs in the book | I |
| And mumbles It is an idle and a doctrinaire exploit | J |
| Go on tumbling half over in the water mirrors | A |
| Go on tumbling half over at the horse heads of the sun | B |
| Be water birds be air birds | A |
| Be these purple tumblers you are | D |
Carl Sandburg
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