The Streets Of Pain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCD E FGH IJK CLL MBHN OPQ RST UV| The streets are filled with addicts runaways | A |
| and homeless out of work people who | B |
| weep silent tears in the night which seem to | B |
| evaporate like the morning dew when the | C |
| Sun ignites the day with his flame | D |
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| Nobody knows Nobody cares | E |
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| Animals are locked in cages yet are | F |
| let loose to wonder about the Concrete | G |
| Zoo without purpose | H |
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| There is freshly spilt blood on a wall | I |
| where a human once stood before being | J |
| struck down by a desperate peasant | K |
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| Can't you see it Transmitted like a | C |
| disease with just a word or forgotten | L |
| emotion | L |
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| Never knowing where your next meal will | M |
| come from or when you'll be forced to | B |
| fight attempting to save your worthless | H |
| life | N |
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| Not knowing the security of your mother's soft arms | O |
| wrapped tightly around your neck in an embrace | P |
| of pure love Yes this is true pain | Q |
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| Not looking forward to the next day but | R |
| longing for that night when you'll forever | S |
| sleep never having to face another dawn | T |
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| And so we laugh while our brothers and | U |
| sisters suffer silently | V |
Michael Mcguire
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