Testament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD AEEAF GHI| I GIVE the undertakers permission to haul my body | A |
| to the graveyard and to lay away all the head the | B |
| feet the hands all I know there is something left | C |
| over they can not put away | D |
| - | |
| Let the nanny goats and the billy goats of the shanty | A |
| people eat the clover over my grave and if any yellow | E |
| hair or any blue smoke of flowers is good enough to grow | E |
| over me let the dirty fisted children of the shanty | A |
| people pick these flowers | F |
| - | |
| I have had my chance to live with the people who have | G |
| too much and the people who have too little and I chose | H |
| one of the two and I have told no man why | I |
Carl Sandburg
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