Women Washing Their Hair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF CBGHI CJKHL ABM| They have painted and sung | A |
| the women washing their hair | B |
| and the plaits and strands in the sun | C |
| and the golden combs | D |
| and the combs of elephant tusks | E |
| and the combs of buffalo horn and hoof | F |
| - | |
| The sun has been good to women | C |
| drying their heads of hair | B |
| as they stooped and shook their shoulders | G |
| and framed their faces with copper | H |
| and framed their eyes with dusk or chestnut | I |
| - | |
| The rain has been good to women | C |
| If the rain should forget | J |
| if the rain left off for a year | K |
| the heads of women would wither | H |
| the copper the dusk and chestnuts go | L |
| - | |
| They have painted and sung | A |
| the women washing their hair | B |
| reckon the sun and rain in too | M |
Carl Sandburg
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