The Japanese Fisherman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFG EBHE EIJEBHE BFGK BLBB FBBMFBNN| A young Japanese fisherman was killed | A |
| by a cloud at sea | B |
| I heard this song from his friends | C |
| one lurid yellow evening on the Pacific | D |
| - | |
| Those who eat the fish we caught die | E |
| Those who touch our hands die | E |
| This ship is a black coffin | F |
| you'll die if you come up the gangplank | G |
| - | |
| Those who eat the fish we caught die | E |
| not straight away but slowly | B |
| slowly their flesh rots falls off | H |
| Those who eat the fish we caught die | E |
| - | |
| Those who touch our hands die | E |
| Our loyal hardworking hands | I |
| washed by salt and sun | J |
| Those who touch our hands die | E |
| not straight away but slowly | B |
| slowly their flesh rots falls off | H |
| Those who touch our hands die | E |
| - | |
| Almond Eyes forget me | B |
| This ship is a black coffin | F |
| you'll die if you come up the gangplank | G |
| The cloud has passed over us | K |
| - | |
| Almond Eyes forget me | B |
| Don't hug me my darling | L |
| you'll catch death from me | B |
| Almond Eyes forget me | B |
| - | |
| This ship is a black coffin | F |
| Almond Eyes forget me | B |
| The child you have from me | B |
| will be rotten from a rotten egg | M |
| This ship is a black coffin | F |
| This sea is a dead sea | B |
| Human beings where are you | N |
| Where are you | N |
Nazim Hikmet
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