Percival Sharp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEAFGHIAAJAAAKLM INOPQLR| Observe the clasped hands | A |
| Are they hands of farewell or greeting | B |
| Hands that I helped or hands that helped me | C |
| Would it not be well to carve a hand | D |
| With an inverted thumb like Elagabalus | A |
| And yonder is a broken chain | E |
| The weakest link idea perhaps | A |
| But what was it | F |
| And lambs some lying down | G |
| Others standing as if listening to the shepherd | H |
| Others bearing a cross one foot lifted up | I |
| Why not chisel a few shambles | A |
| And fallen columns Carve the pedestal please | A |
| Or the foundations let us see the cause of the fall | J |
| And compasses and mathematical instruments | A |
| In irony of the under tenants' ignorance | A |
| Of determinants and the calculus of variations | A |
| And anchors for those who never sailed | K |
| And gates ajar yes so they were | L |
| You left them open and stray goats entered your garden | M |
| And an eye watching like one of the Arimaspi | I |
| So did you with one eye | N |
| And angels blowing trumpets you are heralded | O |
| It is your horn and your angel and your family's estimate | P |
| It is all very well but for myself I know | Q |
| I stirred certain vibrations in Spoon River | L |
| Which are my true epitaph more lasting than stone | R |
Edgar Lee Masters
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