The People, Yes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFGHIJKFLM NO PQNM RS| Lincoln | A |
| He was a mystery in smoke and flags | B |
| Saying yes to the smoke yes to the flags | B |
| Yes to the paradoxes of democracy | C |
| Yes to the hopes of government | D |
| Of the people by the people for the people | E |
| No to debauchery of the public mind | F |
| No to personal malice nursed and fed | G |
| Yes to the Constitution when a help | H |
| No to the Constitution when a hindrance | I |
| Yes to man as a struggler amid illusions | J |
| Each man fated to answer for himself | K |
| Which of the faiths and illusions of mankind | F |
| Must I choose for my own sustaining light | L |
| To bring me beyond the present wilderness | M |
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| Lincoln Was he a poet | N |
| And did he write verses | O |
| - | |
| I have not willingly planted a thorn | P |
| in any man's bosom | Q |
| I shall do nothing through malice what | N |
| I deal with is too vast for malice | M |
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| Death was in the air | R |
| So was birth | S |
Carl Sandburg
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