The Hand That Signed The Paper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE CFCF GHGI| The hand that signed the paper felled a city | A |
| Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath | B |
| Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country | A |
| These five kings did a king to death | B |
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| The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder | C |
| The finger joints are cramped with chalk | D |
| A goose's quill has put an end to murder | C |
| That put an end to talk | E |
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| The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever | C |
| And famine grew and locusts came | F |
| Great is the hand that holds dominion over | C |
| Man by a scribbled name | F |
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| The five kings count the dead but do not soften | G |
| The crusted wound nor pat the brow | H |
| A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven | G |
| Hands have no tears to flow | I |
Dylan Thomas
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