Ida Frickey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKGLMGNOGPG LQR| Nothing in life is alien to you | A |
| I was a penniless girl from Summum | B |
| Who stepped from the morning train in Spoon River | C |
| All the houses stood before me with closed doors | D |
| And drawn shades I was barred out | E |
| I had no place or part in any of them | F |
| And I walked past the old McNeely mansion | G |
| A castle of stone 'mid walks and gardens | H |
| With workmen about the place on guard | I |
| And the County and State upholding it | J |
| For its lordly owner full of pride | K |
| I was so hungry I had a vision | G |
| I saw a giant pair of scissors | L |
| Dip from the sky like the beam of a dredge | M |
| And cut the house in two like a curtain | G |
| But at the Commercial I saw a man | N |
| Who winked at me as I asked for work | O |
| It was Wash McNeely's son | G |
| He proved the link in the chain of title | P |
| To half my ownership of the mansion | G |
| Through a breach of promise suit the scissors | L |
| So you see the house from the day I was born | Q |
| Was only waiting for me | R |
Edgar Lee Masters
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