Moscow Zoo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFFFFF| We saw the mass grave at the Moscow Zoo | A |
| A sullen man dug up a human skull | B |
| Then held it high for journalists to view | A |
| Forensic specialists arrived to cull | B |
| Remains and clues from this forgotten plot | C |
| On which the zoo still plans to cage a bear | D |
| The experts guessed these prisoners were shot | C |
| For special reasons no one was aware | D |
| Of comparable scenes at urban sites | E |
| No one knew if these bones belonged to spies | F |
| Suspected Jews or zealous Trotskyites | F |
| So none of us displayed the least surprise | F |
| When bureaucrats emerged from quiet cars | F |
| To hint this might have been the work of czars | F |
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