Kublai Khan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBGHIJKL MNO POQOQRSTUVW KXYOZOO OKK A2B2KC2KKD2 E2OF2O G2OOH2YV I2J2QK2L2 OY M2C2 FKN2O2 KK OOP2 ZFKKO V| The Japanese are coming Now there's a fresh twist | A |
| and just when Pearl Harbor seemed poised to become | B |
| another Asiamerindian household word amid | C |
| electronics megavision and technological hoopla | D |
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| Surprise They're outslugging us We're cannon | E |
| fodder amidst cunning economic wiles The sneaky | F |
| Yellow Peril updated and given a newer slant from | B |
| that th century prejudicial posturing has gone | G |
| awry No death march at Bataan No G I blues Old | H |
| Cornpipes General MacArthur at ease Inchon still | I |
| years away Where is Emperor Tojo when we need | J |
| him Who remembers the Aryans of the East A | K |
| Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere | L |
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| Is SEATO still intact If Korea Formosa Singapore | M |
| and Hong Kong are little Japans does that mean | N |
| we're to become by default the new coolies | O |
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| Tha land of the Rising Sun is broader than a battleship | P |
| listing in heavy seas it's the New world Order Is | O |
| North America being prepared as hewers of grain and | Q |
| drawers of petroleum Alas co existence brings | O |
| dilemmas the Toyota outwits even a K car And | Q |
| them outpacing our GNP at per annum It's enough | R |
| to rethink the whole scheme of things They're | S |
| obviously in the forefront of the New Economic | T |
| Policy More than just Nippon that's simply a bad | U |
| press release from the dark days of a misunderstood | V |
| but euphemistically labelled second global conflict | W |
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| Rubber and fibre sanctions will do it every lime The | K |
| Arizona and Oklahoma will testify to that Feudal | X |
| Japan would never have tolerated it either Who's to | Y |
| say the Samurai are caught up in splilting hairs | O |
| Admiral Perry should have stayed out of Tokyo Bay | Z |
| The Earthquake of just made things worse | O |
| Land's End means more than Manchuria and resources | O |
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| Industry and wily opportunism have broader vistas | O |
| The Kuril Islands are a No Man's Land hut so are the | K |
| Ainus a primordial white race of Asia | K |
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| What's red and white and comes in with the tide | A2 |
| America Compared to the Japanese miracle it's all | B2 |
| washed up It's hard to contemplate N Y C as a | K |
| suburb of Osaka but try The Japanese believe in | C2 |
| communal bathing so will North Americans when the | K |
| recession hits full stride Remember shower with a | K |
| friend | D2 |
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| Japan is a land of aura Of mystery Genghis Khan | E2 |
| never got there in one piece but sent his legions | O |
| anyway Flotsam and jetsam A bully vanquished | F2 |
| in reverse | O |
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| Britain was the workshop of the Victorian world | G2 |
| Japan is the Britain of the universe The whole cosmos | O |
| is borrowing her tricks No one does things so | O |
| efficiently No one has developed cooperation to such | H2 |
| a fine T Nowhere is individualism shepherded to | Y |
| the goal of the greater good | V |
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| Pierre Trudeau would be pleased To each his own | I2 |
| according to his worth Sounds impressive Does that | J2 |
| mean Jaffa oranges are safe to eat mercury and | Q |
| cyanide poisoning notwithstanding Will the Levant | K2 |
| acknowledge the supremacy of the Orient | L2 |
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| What's new about mulberry leaves Are silk worms | O |
| interlopers too | Y |
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| Shogun is too realistic for the narrow orchestration of | M2 |
| facts The difference They play to win | C2 |
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| Hands down Kirin makes a wonderful beer Sushi | F |
| bars are all the rage Leyte Gulf was more than a | K |
| tempura explosion Corning Ware or Made in Japan | N2 |
| labels produced in bulk | O2 |
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| Coral Gardens is a real and legitimate extension of the | K |
| Rice Factory idea | K |
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| Cipangu As you like what you will No race has | O |
| undergone a swifter transformation in the world's | O |
| eye | P2 |
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| They deserve more than groping admiration They | Z |
| deserve our admirals too Who else outfoxed military | F |
| victory reversing it from the insides cadaver out The | K |
| peter principle enshrined The victors don't enjoy the | K |
| spoils | O |
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| The Lion's Share is as it should | V |
Paul Cameron Brown
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