The Town Marshal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJKILIMM| The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal | A |
| When the saloons were voted out | B |
| Because when I was a drinking man | C |
| Before I joined the church I killed a Swede | D |
| At the saw mill near Maple Grove | E |
| And they wanted a terrible man | C |
| Grim righteous strong courageous | F |
| And a hater of saloons and drinkers | G |
| To keep law and order in the village | H |
| And they presented me with a loaded cane | I |
| With which I struck Jack McGuire | J |
| Before he drew the gun with which he killed | K |
| The Prohibitionists spent their money in vain | I |
| To hang him for in a dream | L |
| I appeared to one of the twelve jurymen | I |
| And told him the whole secret story | M |
| Fourteen years were enough for killing me | M |
Edgar Lee Masters
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