Henry C. Calhoun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHIAJDDDKDLDD MN| I reached the highest place in Spoon River | A |
| But through what bitterness of spirit | B |
| The face of my father sitting speechless | C |
| Child like watching his canaries | D |
| And looking at the court house window | E |
| Of the county judge's room | F |
| And his admonitions to me to seek | G |
| My own in life and punish Spoon River | A |
| To avenge the wrong the people did him | H |
| Filled me with furious energy | I |
| To seek for wealth and seek for power | A |
| But what did he do but send me along | J |
| The path that leads to the grove of the Furies | D |
| I followed the path and I tell you this | D |
| On the way to the grove you'll pass the Fates | D |
| Shadow eyed bent over their weaving | K |
| Stop for a moment and if you see | D |
| The thread of revenge leap out of the shuttle | L |
| Then quickly snatch from Atropos | D |
| The shears and cut it lest your sons | D |
| And the children of them and their children | M |
| Wear the envenomed robe | N |
Edgar Lee Masters
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