Tangibles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CC DD CE F| Washington August I HAVE seen this city in the day and the sun | A |
| I have seen this city in the night and the moon | B |
| And in the night and the moon I have seen a thing this city gave me nothing of in the day and the sun | A |
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| The float of the dome in the day and the sun is one thing | C |
| The float of the dome in the night and the moon is another thing | C |
| In the night and the moon the float of the dome is a dream whisper a croon of a hope 'Not today child not today lover maybe tomorrow child maybe tomorrow lover ' | - |
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| Can a dome of iron dream deeper than living men | D |
| Can the float of a shape hovering among tree tops can this speak an oratory sad singing and red beyond the speech of the living men | D |
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| A mother of men a sister a lover a woman past the dreams of the living | C |
| Does she go sad singing and red out of the float of this dome | E |
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| There is something here men die for | F |
Carl Sandburg
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