Fragments From Notes On The Book Of Defeat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJKLGMNOPQR QNSTGUCVWX| If an audience could be arranged | A |
| and also my safe return | B |
| this is what I'd tell the Sultan | C |
| This is what he'd learn | B |
| O Sultan my master if my clothes | D |
| are ripped and torn | E |
| it is because your dogs with claws | F |
| are allowed to tear me | G |
| And your informers every day are those | H |
| who dog my heels each step | I |
| unavoidable as fate | J |
| They interrogate my wife at length | K |
| and list each friend's name | L |
| Your soldiers kick and beat me | G |
| force me to eat from my shoes | M |
| because I dare approach these walls | N |
| for an audience with you | O |
| You have lost two wars | P |
| and no one tells you why | Q |
| Half your people have no tongues | R |
| What good their unheard sigh | Q |
| The other half within these walls | N |
| run like rabbits and ants | S |
| silently inside | T |
| If I were given safety | G |
| from the Sultan's armed guards | U |
| I would say O Sultan | C |
| the reason you've lost wars twice | V |
| was because you've been walled in from | W |
| mankind's cause and voice | X |
Nizar Qabbani
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