The Patriots Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJCKLMNOPQ| at the edge of the city in | A |
| the garbagedump where the | B |
| trucks never stop unloading | C |
| a crazy congregation stumbles | D |
| from trashmound to trashheap | E |
| they smash their fists down on | F |
| whatever's intact they tear | G |
| to bits the pitifew items | H |
| that have remained whole they | I |
| rip everything old clothes | J |
| papers cans bones to nothing | C |
| with their glazed teeth | K |
| the enlightened the faithful | L |
| every few meters one of them | M |
| falls and is torn to shreds by | N |
| the others at the edge of | O |
| the city where there's a line | P |
| waiting to join | Q |
Bill Knott
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