The Burning Of The Books Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFGHFI J| ams of dull oxen hauled huge cartloads to the bonfires | A |
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| Then a banished writer one of the best | B |
| scanning the list of excommunicated texts | C |
| became enraged he'd been excluded | D |
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| He rushed to his desk full of contemptuous wrath | E |
| to write fierce letters to the morons in power | F |
| Burn me he wrote with his blazing pen | G |
| Haven't I always reported the truth | H |
| Now here you are treating me like a liar | F |
| Burn me | I |
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| Translated by Michael R Burch | J |
Bertolt Brecht
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