Russian Sonia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS| I born in Weimar | A |
| Of a mother who was French | B |
| And German father a most learned professor | C |
| Orphaned at fourteen years | D |
| Became a dancer known as Russian Sonia | E |
| All up and down the boulevards of Paris | F |
| Mistress betimes of sundry dukes and counts | G |
| And later of poor artists and of poets | H |
| At forty years pass eacute I sought New York | I |
| And met old Patrick Hummer on the boat | J |
| Red faced and hale though turned his sixtieth year | K |
| Returning after having sold a ship load | L |
| Of cattle in the German city Hamburg | M |
| He brought me to Spoon River and we lived here | N |
| For twenty years they thought that we were married | O |
| This oak tree near me is the favorite haunt | P |
| Of blue jays chattering chattering all the day | Q |
| And why not for my very dust is laughing | R |
| For thinking of the humorous thing called life | S |
Edgar Lee Masters
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