Sekhmet, The Lion-headed Goddess Of War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHFEIJK LGMNOPQIE RSJEGTUVWXYZ A2ZB2Z C2D2GE2YEF2EGG2H2| He was the sort of man | A |
| who wouldn't hurt a fly | B |
| Many flies are now alive | C |
| while he is not | D |
| He was not my patron | E |
| He preferred full granaries I battle | F |
| My roar meant slaughter | G |
| Yet here we are together | G |
| in the same museum | H |
| That's not what I see though the fitful | F |
| crowds of staring children | E |
| learning the lesson of multi | I |
| cultural obliteration sic transit | J |
| and so on | K |
| - | |
| I see the temple where I was born | L |
| or built where I held power | G |
| I see the desert beyond | M |
| where the hot conical tombs that look | N |
| from a distance frankly like dunces' hats | O |
| hide my jokes the dried out flesh | P |
| and bones the wooden boats | Q |
| in which the dead sail endlessly | I |
| in no direction | E |
| - | |
| What did you expect from gods | R |
| with animal heads | S |
| Though come to think of it | J |
| the ones made later who were fully human | E |
| were not such good news either | G |
| Favour me and give me riches | T |
| destroy my enemies | U |
| That seems to be the gist | V |
| Oh yes And save me from death | W |
| In return we're given blood | X |
| and bread flowers and prayer | Y |
| and lip service | Z |
| - | |
| Maybe there's something in all of this | A2 |
| I missed But if it's selfless | Z |
| love you're looking for | B2 |
| you've got the wrong goddess | Z |
| - | |
| I just sit where I'm put composed | C2 |
| of stone and wishful thinking | D2 |
| that the deity who kills for pleasure | G |
| will also heal | E2 |
| that in the midst of your nightmare | Y |
| the final one a kind lion | E |
| will come with bandages in her mouth | F2 |
| and the soft body of a woman | E |
| and lick you clean of fever | G |
| and pick your soul up gently by the nape of the neck | G2 |
| and caress you into darkness and paradise | H2 |
Margaret Atwood
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