Nefarious War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJJKL MNOPQG RS| Last year we fought by the head stream of the Sang kan | A |
| This year we are fighting on the Tsung ho road | B |
| We have washed our armor in the waves of the Chiao chi lake | C |
| We have pastured our horses on Tien shan's snowy slopes | D |
| The long long war goes on ten thousand miles from home | E |
| Our three armies are worn and grown old | F |
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| The barbarian does man slaughter for plowing | G |
| On this yellow sand plains nothing has been seen but | H |
| blanched skulls and bones | I |
| Where the Chin emperor built the walls against the Tartars | J |
| There the defenders of Han are burning beacon fires | J |
| The beacon fires burn and never go out | K |
| There is no end to war | L |
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| In the battlefield men grapple each other and die | M |
| The horses of the vanquished utter lamentable cries to heaven | N |
| While ravens and kites peck at human entrails | O |
| Carry them up in their flight and hang them on the branches of dead trees | P |
| So men are scattered and smeared over the desert grass | Q |
| And the generals have accomplished nothing | G |
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| Oh nefarious war I see why arms | R |
| Were so seldom used by the benign sovereigns | S |
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