Hannah Armstrong Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFGHIJDKLMNBOPQ RST| I wrote him a letter asking him for old times' sake | A |
| To discharge my sick boy from the army | B |
| But maybe he couldn't read it | C |
| Then I went to town and had James Garber | D |
| Who wrote beautifully write him a letter | D |
| But maybe that was lost in the mails | E |
| So I traveled all the way to Washington | F |
| I was more than an hour finding the White House | G |
| And when I found it they turned me away | H |
| Hiding their smiles Then I thought | I |
| Oh well he ain't the same as when I boarded him | J |
| And he and my husband worked together | D |
| And all of us called him Abe there in Menard | K |
| As a last attempt I turned to a guard and said | L |
| Please say it's old Aunt Hannah Armstrong | M |
| From Illinois come to see him about her sick boy | N |
| In the army | B |
| Well just in a moment they let me in | O |
| And when he saw me he broke in a laugh | P |
| And dropped his business as president | Q |
| And wrote in his own hand Doug's discharge | R |
| Talking the while of the early days | S |
| And telling stories | T |
Edgar Lee Masters
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