The Liars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACD EFGH IJJEKLMNOP QIJQRR STUS VST WXIYZA2WI B2XC2D2SE2 F2 G2SH2I2SJ2F2F2 STIK2L2RIJMarch A LIAR goes in fine clothes | A |
A liar goes in rags | B |
A liar is a liar clothes or no clothes | A |
A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies | C |
And the stonecutters earn a living with lies on the tombs of liars | D |
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Aliar looks 'em in the eye | E |
And lies to a woman | F |
Lies to a man a pal a child a fool | G |
And he is an old liar we know him many years back | H |
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A liar lies to nations | I |
A liar lies to the people | J |
A liar takes the blood of the people | J |
And drinks this blood with a laugh and a lie | E |
A laugh in his neck | K |
A lie in his mouth | L |
And this liar is an old one we know him many years | M |
He is straight as a dog's hind leg | N |
He is straight as a corkscrew | O |
He is white as a black cat's foot at midnight | P |
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The tongue of a man is tied on this | Q |
On the liar who lies to nations | I |
The liar who lies to the people | J |
The tongue of a man is tied on this | Q |
And ends To hell with 'em all | R |
To hell with 'em all | R |
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It's a song hard as a riveter's hammer | S |
Hard as the sleep of a crummy hobo | T |
Hard as the sleep of a lousy doughboy | U |
Twisted as a shell shock idiot's gibber | S |
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The liars met where the doors were locked | V |
They said to each other Now for war | S |
The liars fixed it and told 'em Go | T |
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Across their tables they fixed it up | W |
Behind their doors away from the mob | X |
And the guns did a job that nicked off millions | I |
The guns blew seven million off the map | Y |
The guns sent seven million west | Z |
Seven million shoving up the daisies | A2 |
Across their tables they fixed it up | W |
The liars who lie to nations | I |
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And now | B2 |
Out of the butcher's job | X |
And the boneyard junk the maggots have cleaned | C2 |
Where the jaws of skulls tell the jokes of war ghosts | D2 |
Out of this they are calling now Let's go back where we were | S |
Let us run the world again us us | E2 |
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Where the doors are locked the liars say Wait and we'll cash in again | F2 |
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So I hear The People talk | G2 |
I hear them tell each other | S |
Let the strong men be ready | H2 |
Let the strong men watch | I2 |
Let your wrists be cool and your head clear | S |
Let the liars get their finish | J2 |
The liars and their waiting game waiting a day again | F2 |
To open the doors and tell us War get out to your war again | F2 |
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So I hear The People tell each other | S |
Look at to day and to morrow | T |
Fix this clock that nicks off millions | I |
When The Liars say it's time | K2 |
Take things in your own hands | L2 |
To hell with 'em all | R |
The liars who lie to nations | I |
The liars who lie to The People | J |
Carl Sandburg
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