Clothes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOCPQRS TUVWXYZA2B2C2MD2E2F2 G2H2F2I2J2K2L2D2M2N2 O2KYP2Q2| Walking back to the office after lunch | A |
| I saw Hans Mister Isham Mister Isham | B |
| He called out in his hurry Herr Wegner needs you | C |
| A woman waiting for a border pass | D |
| Took poison she is dead and the police | E |
| Are there to take the body In the hall | F |
| The secretaries stood outside their doors | G |
| Silently waiting with Wegner Sir he said | H |
| It was her answer on the questionnaire | I |
| A clerk for the Gestapo So it was | J |
| Within the outer office by the row | K |
| Of wooden chairs one lying on its side | L |
| On the discolored brown linoleum floor | M |
| Under a GI blanket was the lost | N |
| Unmoving shape uncovered from a fold | O |
| A dirty foot half out of a dirty shoe | C |
| Once white heel bent the sole worn through the skin | P |
| Bruised red and calloused uncut toenails curved | Q |
| And veined like an old ivory No one spoke | R |
| Police stood at attention by a stretcher | S |
| After an empty moment suddenly | T |
| Bent over as if taken by a cramp | U |
| I sobbed out loud and on my uniform | V |
| Vomited up my lunch over the tie | W |
| The polished buttons and insignia | X |
| The little strips of color and the green | Y |
| Eisenhower jacket with its Eagle patch | Z |
| The taut pants in a crease the glistening jump boots | A2 |
| Vomiting and still sobbing like a child | B2 |
| Awakened in the night and sick Wegner and Hans | C2 |
| Held me murmuring Ach dear sir the war | M |
| Is over and not over such things happen | D2 |
| While no one else moved Frau Schmidt brought a towel | E2 |
| To clean me off before Hans walked me back | F2 |
| My arm across his shoulders and I retelling | G2 |
| The story of how near Zell am See we found | H2 |
| Hung from a tree in leaf the final sack | F2 |
| Of bones in rotted Wehrmacht green In the house | I2 |
| An SS lord had furnished for his mistress | J2 |
| Deep sofas Persian rugs and velvet drapes | K2 |
| Frau K nig took my clothes In my own room | L2 |
| Wearing the Gucci robe Bouchard had taken | D2 |
| From a fine house before we got to Ulm | M2 |
| Instead of lying down to rest I studied | N2 |
| The book I read for German with Frau Schmidt | O2 |
| Goethe s Italian Journey Through the window | K |
| The Watchman s upper slopes were shadows green | Y |
| And purple with the afternoon its snows | P2 |
| Melting its double peaks the victory sign | Q2 |
Edgar Bowers
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