Hiroshima Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JBKB LMNM| I come and stand at every door | A |
| But none can hear my silent tread | B |
| I knock and yet remain unseen | C |
| For I am dead for I am dead | B |
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| I'm only seven though I died | D |
| In Hiroshima long ago | E |
| I'm seven now as I was then | F |
| When children die they do not grow | E |
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| My hair was scorched by swirling flame | G |
| My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind | H |
| Death came and turned my bones to dust | I |
| And that was scattered by the wind | H |
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| I need no fruit I need no rice | J |
| I need no sweets nor even bread | B |
| I ask for nothing for myself | K |
| For I am dead for I am dead | B |
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| All that I need is that for peace | L |
| You fight today you fight today | M |
| So that the children of this world | N |
| Can live and grow and laugh and play | M |
Nazim Hikmet
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