Ashurnatsirpal Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCD EFG DEHIJ KL| A | |
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| Three walls around the town of Tela when I came | B |
| They expected everything of those walls | C |
| Nobody in the town came out to kiss my feet | D |
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| I knocked the walls down killed three thousand soldiers | E |
| Took away cattle and sheep took all the loot in sight | F |
| And burned special captives | G |
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| Some of the soldiers I cut off hands and feet | D |
| Others I cut off ears and fingers | E |
| Some I put out the eyes | H |
| I made a pyramid of heads | I |
| I strung heads on trees circling the town | J |
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| When I got through with it | K |
| There wasn t much left of the town of Tela | L |
Carl Sandburg
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