The Great Fire Of Ingersoll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| Written at the time of the disaster | A |
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| 'Twas on a pleasant eve in May | B |
| Just as the sun shed its last ray | B |
| The bell it rang citizens to warn | C |
| For lo a fire appears in barn | D |
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| An ancient barn near hotel stood | E |
| The joining buildings all were wood | E |
| This barn a relic of the past | F |
| There farmers' horses were made fast | F |
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| Our once fair town is now in woe | G |
| And we have had our Chicago | G |
| But soon a nobler town will rise | H |
| For Ingersoll's all enterprise | H |
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| For water far town need not seek | I |
| As there is river and the creek | I |
| Just find the means it to apply | J |
| And then all fires must quickly die | J |
James Mcintyre
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