A Farmer Remembers Lincoln Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAE FGHIJKIL MNOPQRST URU PVWOXOOL| Lincoln | A |
| Well I was in the old Second Maine | B |
| The first regiment in Washington from the Pine Tree State | C |
| Of course I didn't get the butt of the clip | D |
| We was there for guardin' Washington | A |
| We was all green | E |
| - | |
| I ain't never ben to the theayter in my life | F |
| I didn't know how to behave | G |
| I ain't never ben since | H |
| I can see as plain as my hat the box where he sat in | I |
| When he was shot | J |
| I can tell you sir there was a panic | K |
| When we found our President was in the shape he was in | I |
| Never saw a soldier in the world but what liked him | L |
| - | |
| Yes sir His looks was kind o' hard to forget | M |
| He was a spare man | N |
| An old farmer | O |
| Everything was all right you know | P |
| But he wasn't a smooth appearin' man at all | Q |
| Not in no ways | R |
| Thin faced long necked | S |
| And a swellin' kind of a thick lip like | T |
| - | |
| And he was a jolly old fellow always cheerful | U |
| He wasn't so high but the boys could talk to him their own ways | R |
| While I was servin' at the Hospital | U |
| He'd come in and say 'You look nice in here ' | - |
| Praise us up you know | P |
| And he'd bend over and talk to the boys | V |
| And he'd talk so good to 'em so close | W |
| That's why I call him a farmer | O |
| I don't mean that everything about him wasn't all right you understand | X |
| It's just well I was a farmer | O |
| And he was my neighbor anybody's neighbor | O |
| I guess even you young folks would 'a' liked him | L |
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