Not What Was Meant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGFFFFFHIFJKLF KM N| When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom | A |
| Of artistic expression from narrow minded bureaucrats | B |
| There was a howl and a clamour in its immediate vicinity | C |
| But roaring above everything | D |
| Came a deafening thunder of applause | E |
| From beyond the Sector boundary | C |
| Freedom it roared Freedom for the artists | F |
| Freedom all round Freedom for all | G |
| Freedom for the exploiters Freedom for the warmongers | F |
| Freedom for the Ruhr cartels Freedom for Hitler's generals | F |
| Softly my dear fellows | F |
| The Judas kiss for the artists follows | F |
| Hard on the Judas kiss for the workers | F |
| The arsonist with his bottle of petrol | H |
| Sneaks up grinning to | I |
| The Academy of Arts | F |
| But it was not to embrace him just | J |
| To knock the bottle out of his dirty hand that | K |
| We asked for elbow room | L |
| Even the narrowest minds | F |
| In which peace is harboured | K |
| Are more welcome to the arts than the art lover | M |
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| Who is also a lover of the art of war | N |
Bertolt Brecht
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