The Modest Jazz-bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD E FG HIJI EKLK MNON| The Jazz bird sings a barnyard song | A |
| A cock a doodle bray | B |
| A jingle bells a boiler works | C |
| A he man's roundelay | D |
| - | |
| The eagle said 'My noisy son | E |
| I send you out to fight ' | - |
| So the youngster spread his sunflower wings | F |
| And roared with all his might | G |
| - | |
| His headlight eyes went flashing | H |
| From Oregon to Maine | I |
| And the land was dark with airships | J |
| In the darting Jazz bird's train | I |
| - | |
| Crossing the howling ocean | E |
| His bell mouth shook the sky | K |
| And the Yankees in the trenches | L |
| Gave back the hue and cry | K |
| - | |
| And Europe had not heard the like | M |
| And Germany went down | N |
| The fowl of steel with clashing claws | O |
| Tore off the Kaiser's crown | N |
Vachel Lindsay
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Modest Jazz-bird poem by Vachel Lindsay
Best Poems of Vachel Lindsay