Crimson Changes People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HIE AJK LMNKOPL PBBC| DID I see a crucifix in your eyes | A |
| and nails and Roman soldiers | B |
| and a dusk Golgotha | C |
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| Did I see Mary the changed woman | D |
| washing the feet of all men | E |
| clean as new grass | F |
| when the old grass burns | G |
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| Did I see moths in your eyes lost moths | H |
| with a flutter of wings that meant | I |
| we can never come again | E |
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| Did I see No Man's Land in your eyes | A |
| and men with lost faces lost loves | J |
| and you among the stubs crying | K |
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| Did I see you in the red death jazz of war | L |
| losing moths among lost faces | M |
| speaking to the stubs who asked you | N |
| to speak of songs and God and dancing | K |
| of bananas northern lights or Jesus | O |
| any hummingbird of thought whatever | P |
| flying away from the red death jazz of war | L |
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| Did I see your hand make a useless gesture | P |
| trying to say with a code of five fingers | B |
| something the tongue only stutters | B |
| did I see a dusk Golgotha | C |
Carl Sandburg
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