A Worker Reads History Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLM NCOPQRST PUVW XY| Who built the seven gates of Thebes | A |
| The books are filled with names of kings | B |
| Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone | C |
| And Babylon so many times destroyed | D |
| Who built the city up each time In which of Lima's houses | E |
| That city glittering with gold lived those who built it | F |
| In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished | G |
| Where did the masons go Imperial Rome | H |
| Is full of arcs of triumph Who reared them up Over whom | I |
| Did the Caesars triumph Byzantium lives in song | J |
| Were all her dwellings palaces And even in Atlantis of the legend | K |
| The night the seas rushed in | L |
| The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves | M |
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| Young Alexander conquered India | N |
| He alone | C |
| Caesar beat the Gauls | O |
| Was there not even a cook in his army | P |
| Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet | Q |
| was sunk and destroyed Were there no other tears | R |
| Frederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War | S |
| Who triumphed with him | T |
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| Each page a victory | P |
| At whose expense the victory ball | U |
| Every ten years a great man | V |
| Who paid the piper | W |
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| So many particulars | X |
| So many questions | Y |
Bertolt Brecht
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