The Common Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBBB BBBFGFGHCIJJKLL B MNOPAP| When plastered billboards scream with slogans | A |
| 'fight for your country go to battle' | B |
| When media's print assults your senses | C |
| 'Support our leaders' shrieks and rattles | D |
| And fools who don't know any better | E |
| Believe the old eternal lie | B |
| That we must march and shoot and kill | B |
| Murder and burn and bomb and grill | B |
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| When press begins the battle cry | B |
| That nation needs to unify | B |
| And for your country you must die | B |
| Dear brainwashed friend my neighbor dear | F |
| Brother from this or other nation | G |
| Know that the cries of anger fear | F |
| Are nothing but manipulation | G |
| by fat cats kings who covet riches | H |
| And feed off your sweat and blood the leeches | C |
| When call to arms engulfs the land | I |
| It means that somewhere oil was found | J |
| Shooting 'blackgold' from underground | J |
| It means they found a sneaky way | K |
| To make more money grab more gold | L |
| But this is not what you are told | L |
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| Don't spill your blood for bucks or oil | B |
| Break burn your rifle shout 'NO DEAL ' | - |
| Let the rich scoundrels kings and bankers | M |
| Send their own children to get killed | N |
| May your loud voice be amplified | O |
| By roar of other common men | P |
| The battle weary of all nations | A |
| WE WON'T BE CONNED TO WAR AGAIN | P |
Julian Tuwim
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