Amos Sibley Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEEDFGHGGIG| Not character not fortitude not patience | A |
| Were mine the which the village thought I had | B |
| In bearing with my wife while preaching on | C |
| Doing the work God chose for me | D |
| I loathed her as a termagant as a wanton | E |
| I knew of her adulteries every one | E |
| But even so if I divorced the woman | E |
| I must forsake the ministry | D |
| Therefore to do God's work and have it crop | F |
| I bore with her | G |
| So lied I to myself | H |
| So lied I to Spoon River | G |
| Yet I tried lecturing ran for the legislature | G |
| Canvassed for books with just the thought in mind | I |
| If I make money thus I will divorce her | G |
Edgar Lee Masters
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