Slants At Buffalo, New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDB EFG HGIJ GKD LMNO| A FOREFINGER of stone dreamed by a sculptor points to the sky | A |
| It says This way this way | B |
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| Four lions snore in stone at the corner of the shaft | C |
| They too are the dream of a sculptor | D |
| They too say This way this way | B |
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| The street cars swing at a curve | E |
| The middle class passengers witness low life | F |
| The car windows frame low life all day in pictures | G |
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| Two Italian cellar delicatessens | H |
| sell red and green peppers | G |
| The Florida bananas furnish a burst of yellow | I |
| The lettuce and the cabbage give a green | J |
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| Boys play marbles in the cinders | G |
| The boys' hands need washing | K |
| The boys are glad they fight among each other | D |
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| A plank bridge leaps the Lehigh Valley railroad | L |
| Then acres of steel rails freight cars smoke | M |
| And then the blue lake shore | N |
| Erie with Norse blue eyes and the white sun | O |
Carl Sandburg
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