Old+Abe's+Lament

I think the author saw fit to write a poem like this ,it is very unique because i am pretty sure no other poem posted is quite like this one.The poem catches the readers attention very quickly ,if you just glance you can see it's not quite that long and seems to repeat itself quite a bit.Also you will notice some other things as you read this poem it rhymes.

In **//Old Abe's Lament, //** ** it’s quite easy from a glance to see that this poem has a lot of detail and repitition for examplethe expression “Oh! Dear,” is used repeatedly twenty-one times.It only has a rhyme skeme change in line twenty-two which made it the only change in the poem. **

I think the poem's theme is quite clear the author's fear that Jeff Davis is coming appears and almost every line because he decieved him and he says how he repeatedly strived to flea and set up things so that Jeff Davis could not reach him but later decides that it's best that he just not even try because nothing he tries is working, but he tried his best. ~Strawberrysmoothie~