Hunger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEE FGFHII JKKLMM| I've been a hopeless sinner but I understand a | A |
| saint | B |
| Their bend of weary knees and their con | C |
| tortions long and faint | B |
| And the endless pricks of conscience like a hundred | D |
| thousand pins | E |
| A real perpetual penance for imaginary sins | E |
| - | |
| I love to wander widely but I understand a cell | F |
| Where you tell and tell your beads because you've | G |
| nothing else to tell | F |
| Where the crimson joy of flesh with all its wild | H |
| fantastic tricks | I |
| Is forgotten in the blinding glory of the crucifix | I |
| - | |
| I cannot speak for others but my inmost soul is | J |
| torn | K |
| With a battle of desires making all my life forlorn | K |
| There are moments when I would untread the paths | L |
| that I have trod | M |
| I'm a haunter of the devil but I hunger after God | M |
Gamaliel Bradford
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