1985 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDFGHIJKLMMNO| The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth | A |
| the vengeance he shall wash his feet in | B |
| the blood of the wicked Psalm | C |
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| It was the fortieth year since Buchenwald two thousand | D |
| Jewish refugees in Sudan starved while Reagan visited | E |
| the graves of Nazis CBS paid off Westmoreland | D |
| for their rude disclosure of his lies and crimes | F |
| he had killed thirty of the enemy let s not forget | G |
| for every one lost us he was owed something | H |
| That year though no terrorist could touch God s work | I |
| in Mexico and north of Bogota an earthquake here | J |
| volcano there and numbers do not signify the dead | K |
| each corpse incomprehensible as to the widow Klinghoffer | L |
| her Leon shot dumped overboard as if to make a point | M |
| Westmoreland said the Viet Cong could be indentified | M |
| from the attacking aircraft as all personnel in uniform | N |
| below Their uniform he told us was the native dress | O |
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