A Lament For Futurity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DGHG DIJD HKIKI 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 |
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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 |
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I weep for northern icelands | D |
A thawing polar crown | G |
Will children of the Inuit | H |
Become condemned to drown | G |
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I weep for fields and meadows | D |
Poisoned long ago | I |
Will children of the landscape | J |
Reap no seeds to sow | D |
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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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