Herman Altman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIJGJKLMNOGP Q| Did I follow Truth wherever she led | A |
| And stand against the whole world for a cause | B |
| And uphold the weak against the strong | C |
| If I did I would be remembered among men | D |
| As I was known in life among the people | E |
| And as I was hated and loved on earth | F |
| Therefore build no monument to me | G |
| And carve no bust for me | G |
| Lest though I become not a demi god | H |
| The reality of my soul be lost | I |
| So that thieves and liars | J |
| Who were my enemies and destroyed me | G |
| And the children of thieves and liars | J |
| May claim me and affirm before my bust | K |
| That they stood with me in the days of my defeat | L |
| Build me no monument | M |
| Lest my memory be perverted to the uses | N |
| Of lying and oppression | O |
| My lovers and their children must not be dispossessed of me | G |
| I would be the untarnished possession forever | P |
| Of those for whom I lived | Q |
Edgar Lee Masters
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