Tract Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDE FGHIJEKLM NAOEEPQRSTUVWXY ZLA2B2 C2WD2E2F2A2G2AH2I2G D2J2REEK2L2RD2M2L2V N2O2L2P2EQ2R2F2S2ET2 U2E| I will teach you my townspeople | A |
| how to perform a funeral | A |
| for you have it over a troop | B |
| of artists | C |
| unless one should scour the world | D |
| you have the ground sense necessary | E |
| - | |
| See the hearse leads | F |
| I begin with a design for a hearse | G |
| For Christ's sake not black | H |
| nor white either and not polished | I |
| Let it be weathered like a farm wagon | J |
| with gilt wheels this could be | E |
| applied fresh at small expense | K |
| or no wheels at all | L |
| a rough dray to drag over the ground | M |
| - | |
| Knock the glass out | N |
| My God glass my townspeople | A |
| For what purpose Is it for the dead | O |
| to look out or for us to see | E |
| how well he is housed or to see | E |
| the flowers or the lack of them | P |
| or what | Q |
| To keep the rain and snow from him | R |
| He will have a heavier rain soon | S |
| pebbles and dirt and what not | T |
| Let there be no glass | U |
| and no upholstery phew | V |
| and no little brass rollers | W |
| and small easy wheels on the bottom | X |
| my townspeople what are you thinking of | Y |
| - | |
| A rough plain hearse then | Z |
| with gilt wheels and no top at all | L |
| On this the coffin lies | A2 |
| by its own weight | B2 |
| - | |
| No wreathes please | C2 |
| especially no hot house flowers | W |
| Some common memento is better | D2 |
| something he prized and is known by | E2 |
| his old clothes a few books perhaps | F2 |
| God knows what You realize | A2 |
| how we are about these things | G2 |
| my townspeople | A |
| something will be found anything | H2 |
| even flowers if he had come to that | I2 |
| So much for the hearse | G |
| - | |
| For heaven's sake though see to the driver | D2 |
| Take off the silk hat In fact | J2 |
| that's no place at all for him | R |
| up there unceremoniously | E |
| dragging our friend out to his own dignity | E |
| Bring him down bring him down | K2 |
| Low and inconspicuous I'd not have him ride | L2 |
| on the wagon at all damn him | R |
| the undertaker's understrapper | D2 |
| Let him hold the reins | M2 |
| and walk at the side | L2 |
| and inconspicuously too | V |
| - | |
| Then briefly as to yourselves | N2 |
| Walk behind as they do in France | O2 |
| seventh class or if you ride | L2 |
| Hell take curtains Go with some show | P2 |
| of inconvenience sit openly | E |
| to the weather as to grief | Q2 |
| Or do you think you can shut grief in | R2 |
| What from us We who have perhaps | F2 |
| nothing to lose Share with us | S2 |
| share with us it will be money | E |
| in your pockets | T2 |
| Go now | U2 |
| I think you are ready | E |
William Carlos Williams
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