A Lament For Futurity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DGHG DIJD HKIK| I weep for trees and forests | A |
| We laid them all to waste | B |
| Will children have no air to breath | C |
| No atmosphere to taste | B |
| - | |
| I weep for mighty oceans | D |
| We trashed them to the brim | E |
| Will children of the life therein | F |
| Protract no place to swim | E |
| - | |
| I weep for northern icelands | D |
| A thawing polar crown | G |
| Will children of the Inuit | H |
| Become condemned to drown | G |
| - | |
| I weep for fields and meadows | D |
| Poisoned long ago | I |
| Will children of the landscape | J |
| Reap no seeds to sow | D |
| - | |
| I weep for man's futurity | H |
| Ere I take my sleep | K |
| Will children of the morrow | I |
| Beget no tears to weep | K |
Alan S Jeeves
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