O Germany, Pale Mother! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFG HIGHJK GCLMB NGOGP QLGGRN LGGH NSTC CLEU| Let others speak of her shame | A |
| I speak of my own | B |
| - | |
| O Germany pale mother | C |
| How soiled you are | D |
| As you sit among the peoples | E |
| You flaunt yourself | F |
| Among the besmirched | G |
| - | |
| The poorest of your sons | H |
| Lies struck down | I |
| When his hunger was great | G |
| Your other sons | H |
| Raised their hands against him | J |
| This is notorious | K |
| - | |
| With their hands thus raised | G |
| Raised against their brother | C |
| They march insolently around you | L |
| And laugh in your face | M |
| This is well known | B |
| - | |
| In your house | N |
| Lies are roared aloud | G |
| But the truth | O |
| Must be silent | G |
| Is it so | P |
| - | |
| Why do the oppressors praise you everywhere | Q |
| The oppressed accuse you | L |
| The plundered | G |
| Point to you with their fingers but | G |
| The plunderer praises the system | R |
| That was invented in your house | N |
| - | |
| Whereupon everyone sees you | L |
| Hiding the hem of your mantle which is bloody | G |
| With the blood | G |
| Of your best sons | H |
| - | |
| Hearing the harangues which echo from your house | N |
| men laugh | S |
| But whoever sees you reaches for a knife | T |
| As at the approach of a robber | C |
| - | |
| O Germany pale mother | C |
| How have your sons arrayed you | L |
| That you sit among the peoples | E |
| A thing of scorn and fear | U |
Bertolt Brecht
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