Father Malloy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGHIJKLFMNOPAQ RST| You are over there Father Malloy | A |
| Where holy ground is and the cross marks every grave | B |
| Not here with us on the hill | C |
| Us of wavering faith and clouded vision | D |
| And drifting hope and unforgiven sins | E |
| You were so human Father Malloy | A |
| Taking a friendly glass sometimes with us | F |
| Siding with us who would rescue Spoon River | G |
| From the coldness and the dreariness of village morality | H |
| You were like a traveler who brings a little box of sand | I |
| From the wastes about the pyramids | J |
| And makes them real and Egypt real | K |
| You were a part of and related to a great past | L |
| And yet you were so close to many of us | F |
| You believed in the joy of life | M |
| You did not seem to be ashamed of the flesh | N |
| You faced life as it is | O |
| And as it changes | P |
| Some of us almost came to you Father Malloy | A |
| Seeing how your church had divined the heart | Q |
| And provided for it | R |
| Through Peter the Flame | S |
| Peter the Rock | T |
Edgar Lee Masters
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