Papal Allocution Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCDEFGEFG| Popule mi quid tibi feci | A |
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| What hast thou done Hark till thine ears wax hot | B |
| Judas for these and these things hast thou done | C |
| Thou hast made earth faint and sickened the sweet sun | C |
| With fume of blood that reeks from limbs that rot | B |
| Thou hast washed thine hands and mouth saying Am I not | B |
| Clean and thy lips were bloody and there was none | C |
| To speak for man against thee no not one | C |
| This hast thou done to us Iscariot | D |
| Therefore though thou be deaf and heaven be dumb | E |
| A cry shall be from under to proclaim | F |
| In the ears of all who shed men's blood or sell | G |
| Pius the Ninth Judas the Second come | E |
| Where Boniface out of the filth and flame | F |
| Barks for his advent in the clefts of hell | G |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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