Incident Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI J K DLM NLO I| He came back and shot He shot him When he came | A |
| back he shot and he fell stumbling past the | B |
| shadow wood down shot dying dead to full halt | C |
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| At the bottom bleeding shot dead He died then there | D |
| after the fall the speeding bullet tore his face | E |
| and blood sprayed fine over the killer and the grey light | F |
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| Pictures of the dead man are everywhere And his spirit | G |
| sucks up the light But he died in darkness darker than | H |
| his soul and everything tumbled blindly with him dying | I |
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| down the stairs | J |
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| We have no word | K |
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| on the killer except he came back from somewhere | D |
| to do what he did And shot only once into his victim's | L |
| stare and left him quickly when the blood ran out We know | M |
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| the killer was skillful quick and silent and that the victim | N |
| probably knew him Other than that aside from the caked sourness | L |
| of the dead man's expression and the cool surprise in the fixture | O |
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| of his hands and fingers we know nothing | I |
Amiri Baraka
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