Father Death Blues Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDD EEE FFG HIA JJK JJJ LLL MNM| Hey Father Death I'm flying home | A |
| Hey poor man you're all alone | B |
| Hey old daddy I know where I'm going | C |
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| Father Death Don't cry any more | D |
| Mama's there underneath the floor | D |
| Brother Death please mind the store | D |
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| Old Aunty Death Don't hide your bones | E |
| Old Uncle Death I hear your groans | E |
| O Sister Death how sweet your moans | E |
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| O Children Deaths go breathe your breaths | F |
| Sobbing breasts'll ease your Deaths | F |
| Pain is gone tears take the rest | G |
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| Genius Death your art is done | H |
| Lover Death your body's gone | I |
| Father Death I'm coming home | A |
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| Guru Death your words are true | J |
| Teacher Death I do thank you | J |
| For inspiring me to sing this Blues | K |
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| Buddha Death I wake with you | J |
| Dharma Death your mind is new | J |
| Sangha Death we'll work it through | J |
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| Suffering is what was born | L |
| Ignorance made me forlorn | L |
| Tearful truths I cannot scorn | L |
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| Father Breath once more farewell | M |
| Birth you gave was no thing ill | N |
| My heart is still as time will tell | M |
Allen Ginsberg
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