On The Slaughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJJKAFALMN IOPQCRDS ALTAUFVW| Heaven beg mercy for me If there is | A |
| a God in you a pathway through | B |
| you to this God which I have not | C |
| discovered then pray for me For my | D |
| heart is dead no longer is there prayer | E |
| on my lips all strength is gone and | F |
| hope is no more Until when how | G |
| much longer until when | H |
| - | |
| You executioner Here's my neck go | I |
| to it slaughter me Behead me like a | J |
| dog yours is the almighty arm and the | J |
| axe and the whole earth is my scaffold | K |
| and we we are the few My blood is | A |
| fair game strike the skull and | F |
| murder's blood the blood of nurslings | A |
| and old men will spurt onto your | L |
| clothes and will never never be wiped | M |
| off | N |
| - | |
| And if there is justice let it show | I |
| itself at once But if justice show itself | O |
| after I have been blotted out from | P |
| beneath the skies let its throne be | Q |
| hurled down forever Let heaven rot | C |
| with eternal evil And you the arrogant | R |
| go in this violence of yours live by | D |
| your bloodshed and be cleansed by it | S |
| - | |
| And cursed be the man who says | A |
| Avenge No such revenge revenge for | L |
| the blood of a little child has yet been | T |
| devised by Satan Let the blood pierce | A |
| through the abyss Let the blood seep | U |
| down into the depths of darkness and | F |
| eat away there in the dark and breach | V |
| all the rotting foundations of the earth | W |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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