Cooney Potter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEBFGHIJ| I inherited forty acres from my Father | A |
| And by working my wife my two sons and two daughters | B |
| From dawn to dusk I acquired | C |
| A thousand acres | B |
| But not content | D |
| Wishing to own two thousand acres | B |
| I bustled through the years with axe and plow | E |
| Toiling denying myself my wife my sons my daughters | B |
| Squire Higbee wrongs me to say | F |
| That I died from smoking Red Eagle cigars | G |
| Eating hot pie and gulping coffee | H |
| During the scorching hours of harvest time | I |
| Brought me here ere I had reached my sixtieth year | J |
Edgar Lee Masters
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