Roy Butler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNLOLLPL QL| If the learned Supreme Court of Illinois | A |
| Got at the secret of every case | B |
| As well as it does a case of rape | C |
| It would be the greatest court in the world | D |
| A jury of neighbors mostly with Butch Weldy | E |
| As foreman found me guilty in ten minutes | F |
| And two ballots on a case like this | G |
| Richard Bandle and I had trouble over a fence | H |
| And my wife and Mrs Bandle quarreled | I |
| As to whether Ipava was a finer town than Table Grove | J |
| I awoke one morning with the love of God | K |
| Brimming over my heart so I went to see Richard | L |
| To settle the fence in the spirit of Jesus Christ | M |
| I knocked on the door and his wife opened | N |
| She smiled and asked me in I entered | L |
| She slammed the door and began to scream | O |
| Take your hands off you low down varlet | L |
| Just then her husband entered | L |
| I waved my hands choked up with words | P |
| He went for his gun and I ran out | L |
| But neither the Supreme Court nor my wife | Q |
| Believed a word she said | L |
Edgar Lee Masters
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