The Workman's Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIHJKJK LMLMANANOGOG| To day it's dirt and dust and steam | A |
| To morrow it will be the same | B |
| And through it all the soul must dream | A |
| And try to play a manly game | B |
| Dirt dust and steam and harsh commands | C |
| Yet many a soft hand passes by | D |
| And only thinks he understands | C |
| The purpose of my task and why | D |
| I've seen men shudder just to see | E |
| Me standing at this lathe of mine | F |
| And knew somehow they pitied me | E |
| But I have never made a whine | F |
| For out of all this dirt and dust | G |
| And clang and clamor day by day | H |
| Beyond toil's everlasting 'must ' | I |
| I see my little ones at play | H |
| The hissing steam would drive me mad | J |
| If hissing steam was all I heard | K |
| But there's a boy who calls me dad | J |
| Who daily keeps my courage spurred | K |
| And there's a little girl who waits | L |
| Each night for all that I may bring | M |
| And I'm the guardian of their fates | L |
| Which makes this job a wholesome thing | M |
| Beyond the dust and dirt and steam | A |
| I see a college where he'll go | N |
| And when I shall fulfill my dream | A |
| More than his father he will know | N |
| And she shall be a woman fair | O |
| Fit for the world to love and trust | G |
| I'll give my land a glorious pair | O |
| Out of this place of dirt and dust | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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