Erica Jong

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For All Those Who Died Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEF GH IIJ KL HM NO PH QRS HTU VWFX UA YZA2

For all those who diedA
stripped naked shaved shornB
-
For all those who screamedC
in vain to the Great GoddessD
only to have their tonguesE
ripped out at the rootF
-
For all those who were pricked racked broken on the wheelG
for the sins of their InquisitorsH
-
For all those whose beautyI
stirred their torturers to furyI
for all those whose ugliness did the sameJ
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For all those who were neither ugly nor beautifulK
but only women who would not submitL
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For all those quick fingersH
broken in the viseM
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For all those soft armsN
pulled from their socketsO
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For all those budding breastsP
ripped with hot pincersH
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For all those midwives killed merely for the sinQ
of delivering manR
to an imperfect worldS
-
For all those witch women my sistersH
who breathed freerT
as the flames took themU
-
knowing as they shedV
their female bodiesW
the seared flesh falling like fruitF
in the flamesX
-
that death alone would cleanse themU
of the sin for which they diedA
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the sin of being born a womanY
who is more than the sumZ
of her partsA2

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