Sandhill People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH| I TOOK away three pictures | A |
| One was a white gull forming a half mile arch from the pines toward Waukegan | B |
| One was a whistle in the little sandhills a bird crying either to the sunset gone or the dusk come | C |
| One was three spotted waterbirds zigzagging cutting scrolls and jags writing a bird Sanscrit of wing points half over the sand half over the water a half love for the sea a half love for the land | D |
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| I took away three thoughts | E |
| One was a thing my people call 'love ' a shut in river hunting the sea breaking white falls between tall clefs of hill country | F |
| One was a thing my people call 'silence ' the wind running over the butter faced sand flowers running over the sea and never heard of again | G |
| One was a thing my people call 'death ' neither a whistle in the little sandhills nor a bird Sanscrit of wing points yet a coat all the stars and seas have worn yet a face the beach wears between sunset and dusk | H |
Carl Sandburg
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