Some Advice To Those Who Will Serve Time In Prison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCHIJJGJBKLMNB OBPQRSTUVWXJYZQA2BB2 C2D2QE2F2BG2H2DW G Q| If instead of being hanged by the neck | A |
| you're thrown inside | B |
| for not giving up hope | C |
| in the world your country your people | D |
| if you do ten or fifteen years | E |
| apart from the time you have left | F |
| you won't say | G |
| Better I had swung from the end of a rope | C |
| like a flag | H |
| You'll put your foot down and live | I |
| It may not be a pleasure exactly | J |
| but it's your solemn duty | J |
| to live one more day | G |
| to spite the enemy | J |
| Part of you may live alone inside | B |
| like a tone at the bottom of a well | K |
| But the other part | L |
| must be so caught up | M |
| in the flurry of the world | N |
| that you shiver there inside | B |
| when outside at forty days' distance a leaf moves | O |
| To wait for letters inside | B |
| to sing sad songs | P |
| or to lie awake all night staring at the ceiling | Q |
| is sweet but dangerous | R |
| Look at your face from shave to shave | S |
| forget your age | T |
| watch out for lice | U |
| and for spring nights | V |
| and always remember | W |
| to eat every last piece of bread | X |
| also don't forget to laugh heartily | J |
| And who knows | Y |
| the woman you love may stop loving you | Z |
| Don't say it's no big thing | Q |
| it's like the snapping of a green branch | A2 |
| to the man inside | B |
| To think of roses and gardens inside is bad | B2 |
| to think of seas and mountains is good | C2 |
| Read and write without rest | D2 |
| and I also advise weaving | Q |
| and making mirrors | E2 |
| I mean it's not that you can't pass | F2 |
| ten or fifteen years inside | B |
| and more | G2 |
| you can | H2 |
| as long as the jewel | D |
| on the left side of your chest doesn't lose it's luster | W |
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| May | G |
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| Trans by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk | Q |
Nazim Hikmet
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