The Streetsweeper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HIJC KLMNO| goes by at a m two nights of the week I can | A |
| hear the feather whoosh of his machine and see | B |
| one red light | C |
| - | |
| I believe that the streetsweeper lives alone | D |
| sleeping | E |
| through the cold days waking clear eyed and deft | F |
| as the sun goes down | G |
| - | |
| I believe that he works steadily without a portable | H |
| radio or a reading light or a nap When he pauses | I |
| it is to stare placidly into | J |
| the potent night | C |
| - | |
| For reasons too numerous to mention I think | K |
| about the | L |
| streetsweeper often and about the singular | M |
| provident | N |
| cadence of his life | O |
Ronald Koertge
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