News Report, September 1991 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DE F GH H I J H KH LMIII G NHHIIKJIHH HHGO I N HIIIH HIIH PGGH IHQI H IHR MIIU S BURIED IRAQI SOLDIERS ALIVE IN GULF WAR | A |
- | |
'What you saw was a | B |
bunch of trenches with | C |
arms sticking out ' | - |
'Plows mounted on | D |
tanks Combat | E |
earthmovers ' | - |
'Defiant ' | - |
'Buried ' | - |
'Carefully planned and | F |
rehearsed ' | - |
'When we | G |
went through there wasn't | H |
anybody left ' | - |
'Awarded | H |
Silver Star ' | - |
'Reporters | I |
banned ' | - |
'Not a single | J |
American killed ' | - |
'Bodycount | H |
impossible ' | - |
'For all I know | K |
thousands said | H |
Colonel Moreno ' | - |
'What you | L |
saw was a bunch of | M |
buried trenches | I |
with people's | I |
arms and things | I |
sticking out ' | - |
'Secretary Cheney | G |
made no mention ' | - |
'Every single American | N |
was inside | H |
the juggernaut | H |
impervious | I |
to small arms | I |
fire ' 'I know | K |
burying people | J |
like that sounds | I |
pretty nasty said | H |
Colonel Maggart | H |
But ' | - |
'His force buried | H |
about six hundred | H |
and fifty | G |
in a thinner line | O |
of trenches ' | - |
'People's arms | I |
sticking out ' | - |
'Every American | N |
inside ' | - |
'The juggernaut ' | - |
'I'm not | H |
going to sacrifice | I |
the lives | I |
of my soldiers | I |
Moreno said it's not | H |
cost effective ' | - |
'The tactic was designed | H |
to terrorize | I |
Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins | I |
said who helped | H |
devise it ' | - |
'Schwartzkopf's staff | P |
privately | G |
estimated fifty to seventy | G |
thousand killed | H |
in the trenches ' | - |
'Private Joe Queen was | I |
awarded | H |
a Bronze Star for burying | Q |
trenches with his | I |
earthmover ' | - |
'Inside | H |
the juggernaut ' | - |
'Impervious ' | - |
'A lot of the guys | I |
were scared he said | H |
but I | R |
enjoyed it ' | - |
'A bunch of | M |
trenches People's | I |
arms and things | I |
sticking out ' | - |
'Cost effective ' | - |
Denise Levertov
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