Into The Country Of The Gadarenes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN| Arthritic fingers of the olive trees | A |
| Accuse the sun of ancient injuries | A |
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| The shallows harden to an ochre crust | B |
| While bony cattle huddle in the dust | B |
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| The wretched one who tears his flesh resumes | C |
| His bellowing from somewhere in the tombs | C |
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| The sky assumes a tyrant's glare Despite | D |
| Our lust for rain we fear the eerie night | D |
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| Dogs whimper softly An unearthly dawn | E |
| Ignites some whispers that the dead will yawn | E |
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| We spot a boat pigs and children squeal | F |
| We bicker over whether it is real | F |
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| A striking figure stands beside the sail | G |
| His patchwork crew appears a little pale | G |
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| A crowd surrounds him as he steps ashore | H |
| But no one fears his coming anymore | H |
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| With all the noise I cannot be exact | I |
| About what happened when the wretch attacked | I |
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| The visitor from what my friends could tell | J |
| Dazed his attacker with some kind of spell | J |
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| After berating unseen demons he | K |
| Commanded them to set their hostage free | K |
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| We trembled as he spoke He made a sign | L |
| And charged the demons to inhabit swine | L |
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| Immediately nearby pigs began | M |
| To froth and moan the wretch became a man | M |
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| The pigs escaped no one could make them stop | N |
| The swineherds muttered but then let it drop | N |
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