Lambert Hutchins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFDGHIJKLMANOPQ RSGTUV| I have two monuments besides this granite obelisk | A |
| One the house I built on the hill | B |
| With its spires bay windows and roof of slate | C |
| The other the lake front in Chicago | A |
| Where the railroad keeps a switching yard | D |
| With whistling engines and crunching wheels | E |
| And smoke and soot thrown over the city | F |
| And the crash of cars along the boulevard | D |
| A blot like a hog pen on the harbor | G |
| Of a great metropolis foul as a sty | H |
| I helped to give this heritage | I |
| To generations yet unborn with my vote | J |
| In the House of Representatives | K |
| And the lure of the thing was to be at rest | L |
| From the never ending fright of need | M |
| And to give my daughters gentle breeding | A |
| And a sense of security in life | N |
| But you see though I had the mansion house | O |
| And traveling passes and local distinction | P |
| I could hear the whispers whispers whispers | Q |
| Wherever I went and my daughters grew up | R |
| With a look as if someone were about to strike them | S |
| And they married madly helter skelter | G |
| Just to get out and have a change | T |
| And what was the whole of the business worth | U |
| Why it wasn't worth a damn | V |
Edgar Lee Masters
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