Willie Metcalf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRKK KSMTU| I was Willie Metcalf | A |
| They used to call me Doctor Meyers | B |
| Because they said I looked like him | C |
| And he was my father according to Jack McGuire | D |
| I lived in the livery stable | E |
| Sleeping on the floor | F |
| Side by side with Roger Baughman's bulldog | G |
| Or sometimes in a stall | H |
| I could crawl between the legs of the wildest horses | I |
| Without getting kicked we knew each other | J |
| On spring days I tramped through the country | K |
| To get the feeling which I sometimes lost | L |
| That I was not a separate thing from the earth | M |
| I used to lose myself as if in sleep | N |
| By lying with eyes half open in the woods | O |
| Sometimes I talked with animals even toads and snakes | P |
| Anything that had an eye to look into | Q |
| Once I saw a stone in the sunshine | R |
| Trying to turn into jelly | K |
| In April days in this cemetery | K |
| The dead people gathered all about me | K |
| And grew still like a congregation in silent prayer | S |
| I never knew whether I was a part of the earth | M |
| With flowers growing in me or whether I walked | T |
| Now I know | U |
Edgar Lee Masters
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