Sarajevo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G E H I

Now that a revolution really is needed those who were fervent are quite coolA
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While a country murdered and raped calls for help from the Europe which it had trusted they yawnB
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While statesmen choose villainy and no voice is raised to call it by nameC
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The rebellion of the young who called for a new earth was a sham and that generation has written the verdict on itselfD
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Listening with indifference to the cries of those who perish because they are after all just barbarians killing each otherE
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And the lives of the well fed are worth more than the lives of the starvingF
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It is revealed now that their Europe since the beginning has been a deception for its faith and its foundation is nothingnessG
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And nothingness as the prophets keep saying brings forth only nothingness and they will be led once again like cattle to slaughterE
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Let them tremble and at the last moment comprehend that the word Sarajevo will from now on mean the destruction of their sons and the debasement of their daughtersH
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They prepare it by repeating We at least are safe unaware that what will strike them ripens in themselvesI

Czeslaw Milosz



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