Harry Carey Goodhue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGHIJKLMNAOPQM RKSTU| You never marveled dullards of Spoon River | A |
| When Chase Henry voted against the saloons | B |
| To revenge himself for being shut off | C |
| But none of you was keen enough | D |
| To follow my steps or trace me home | E |
| As Chase's spiritual brother | A |
| Do you remember when I fought | F |
| The bank and the courthouse ring | G |
| For pocketing the interest on public funds | H |
| And when I fought our leading citizens | I |
| For making the poor the pack horses of the taxes | J |
| And when I fought the water works | K |
| For stealing streets and raising rates | L |
| And when I fought the business men | M |
| Who fought me in these fights | N |
| Then do you remember | A |
| That staggering up from the wreck of defeat | O |
| And the wreck of a ruined career | P |
| I slipped from my cloak my last ideal | Q |
| Hidden from all eyes until then | M |
| Like the cherished jawbone of an ass | R |
| And smote the bank and the water works | K |
| And the business men with prohibition | S |
| And made Spoon River pay the cost | T |
| Of the fights that I had lost | U |
Edgar Lee Masters
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