The Truth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFCGCGHEHE EEEE| COME then let us at least know what's the truth | A |
| Let us not blink our eyes and say | B |
| We did not understand old age or youth | A |
| Benumbed our sense or stole our sight away | B |
| It is a lie just that a lie to declare | C |
| That Wages are the worth of Work | D |
| No they are what the Employer wills to spare | C |
| To let the Employee sheer starvation shirk | D |
| They're the life pittance Competition leaves | E |
| The least for which brother'll slay brother | F |
| He who the fruits of this hell strife receives | E |
| He is a thief an assassin and none other | F |
| It is a lie just that a lie to declare | C |
| That Rent's the interest on just gains | G |
| Rent's the thumb screw that makes the worker share | C |
| With him who worked not the produce of his pains | G |
| Rent's the wise tax the human tape worm knows | H |
| The fat he takes the life lean leaves | E |
| The holy Landlord is as we suppose | H |
| Just this the model of assassin thieves | E |
| What is the trick the Rich man then contrives | E |
| How play my lords their brilliant r les | E |
| They live on the plunder of our toiling lives | E |
| The degradation of our bodies and souls | E |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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