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Original poem reprinted online here: "Sawhorses" by Greg Williamson More information about the Poet:   Greg Williamson Some notes I jotted down: Rhyme scheme abbacc Sestets majority pentameter, majority iambic Why did I write this down right away?  The press that published this poem is Able Muse  which only publishes metrical verse.  Would I have known about the structure if I didn't know the publisher.  Probably, the form is pretty rigid just by reading the poem.  Of course, the subject matter of "Sawhorses" comes into play as well. "Are these the fabled 'horses of the Sun,' / This team of no-trick ponies, these stick horses, / So far of now their stratospheric courses?"  What are these lines talking about?  Yes, there's a huge sense of the grandiose with language like, "fabled 'horses of the Sun" and "stratospheric courses,"  And even though I've reread the poem, the only image I can think of when talking about...