Elliott Hawkins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFACGHAIAJKFLMNO APQRS| I looked like Abraham Lincoln | A |
| I was one of you Spoon River in all fellowship | B |
| But standing for the rights of property and for order | C |
| A regular church attendant | D |
| Sometimes appearing in your town meetings to warn you | E |
| Against the evils of discontent and envy | F |
| And to denounce those who tried to destroy the Union | A |
| And to point to the peril of the Knights of Labor | C |
| My success and my example are inevitable influences | G |
| In your young men and in generations to come | H |
| In spite of attacks of newspapers like the Clarion | A |
| A regular visitor at Springfield | I |
| When the Legislature was in session | A |
| To prevent raids upon the railroads | J |
| And the men building up the state | K |
| Trusted by them and by you Spoon River equally | F |
| In spite of the whispers that I was a lobbyist | L |
| Moving quietly through the world rich and courted | M |
| Dying at last of course but lying here | N |
| Under a stone with an open book carved upon it | O |
| And the words Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven | A |
| And now you world savers who reaped nothing in life | P |
| And in death have neither stones nor epitaphs | Q |
| How do you like your silence from mouths stopped | R |
| With the dust of my triumphant career | S |
Edgar Lee Masters
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