Schrœder The Fisherman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDEFAFGHADIAJKI sat on the bank above Bernadotte | A |
And dropped crumbs in the water | B |
Just to see the minnows bump each other | B |
Until the strongest got the prize | C |
Or I went to my little pasture | B |
Where the peaceful swine were asleep in the wallow | D |
Or nosing each other lovingly | E |
And emptied a basket of yellow corn | F |
And watched them push and squeal and bite | A |
And trample each other to get the corn | F |
And I saw how Christian Dallman's farm | G |
Of more than three thousand acres | H |
Swallowed the patch of Felix Schmidt | A |
As a bass will swallow a minnow | D |
And I say if there's anything in man | I |
Spirit or conscience or breath of God | A |
That makes him different from fishes or hogs | J |
I'd like to see it work | K |
Edgar Lee Masters
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