The Killing Place Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII JJKKFF LLMMNN| We're hiking along at a two forty pace | A |
| We 're making life seem like a man killing race | A |
| With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly set | B |
| We go rushing along with our brows lined with sweat | B |
| And our cheeks pale and drawn every minute we dash | C |
| And the goal that we 're after is merely more cash | C |
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| We 're out for the money the greenbacks and gold | D |
| We 're all scared to death we'll be poor when we're old | D |
| We want the mazuma and want it right now | E |
| And we spend all our time at the desk and the plow | E |
| We 're working like navvies refusing to see | F |
| The gold of the sun and the green of the tree | F |
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| We've got in a rut that the dollar sign dug | G |
| And we 're plainly obsessed by the millionaire bug | G |
| We've loaded our backs till they bend with the strain | H |
| And we lug and we tug at our burdens in vain | H |
| With never a minute for laughter and fun | I |
| Or the green of the tree and the gold of the sun | I |
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| A few of us land in the millionaire class | J |
| But only to find that our gold is all brass | J |
| That the money we've got we would gladly give back | K |
| For a stomach and liver that weren't out of whack | K |
| For legs that were supple and eyes that could see | F |
| The gold of the sun and the green of the tree | F |
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| The trouble with us is we 're working too hard | L |
| We ought to get out with the kids in the yard | L |
| We ought to let slip a few dollars to play | M |
| With the friends that we love and we ought to be gay | M |
| The pace is too fast for our nerves and our health | N |
| We should laugh more and cut out this chase after wealth | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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