Schroeder The Fisherman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDEFAFGHADIAJK| I 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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