Ukraine Rain (the Holodomore 1932-33) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFFE GHIIJ KLMML NOPQO| The Ukraine rain fell long and hard | A |
| From clouds above on high | B |
| But what were shed | C |
| Were tears of red | C |
| To spill on fields awry | B |
| - | |
| As storms of rage passed o'er the land | D |
| A horseman through it rode | E |
| A black horse day | F |
| Of wild dismay | F |
| As floods of red rain flowed | E |
| - | |
| Neath the yellow and the blue | G |
| The Ukraine rain poured on | H |
| It steeped the ground | I |
| For miles around | I |
| And harvest yield was gone | J |
| - | |
| As people cried and people died | K |
| The pain of rain aflame | L |
| With nought to eat | M |
| The yellow wheat | M |
| Was plundered beyond shame | L |
| - | |
| And all about the crippled souls | N |
| Wept through blood red eyes | O |
| As once again | P |
| The Ukraine rain | Q |
| Screamed down from blood red skies | O |
Alan S Jeeves
Poet's note: Inspired by the book 'Red Famine' by Anne Applebaum. Her 2017 work was awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize and also the Duff Cooper Prize. The book itself is well worth reading if only to preserve the memory of the 4.5 million (Applebaum's estimate) souls who starved to death during the 'Holodomore'. Therefore I writ this poem for them. As Duff Cooper himself famously said "Old men forget"
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