Eighth Air Force Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB CDCDD ABABB EBCBB| If in an odd angle of the hutment | A |
| A puppy laps the water from a can | B |
| Of flowers and the drunk sergeant shaving | C |
| Whistles O Paradiso shall I say that man | B |
| Is not as men have said a wolf to man | B |
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| The other murderers troop in yawning | C |
| Three of them play Pitch one sleeps and one | D |
| Lies counting missions lies there sweating | C |
| Till even his heart beats One One One | D |
| O murderers Still this is how it's done | D |
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| This is a war But since these play before they die | A |
| Like puppies with their puppy since a man | B |
| I did as these have done but did not die | A |
| I will content the people as I can | B |
| And give up these to them Behold the man | B |
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| I have suffered in a dream because of him | E |
| Many things for this last saviour man | B |
| I have lied as I lie now But what is lying | C |
| Men wash their hands in blood as best they can | B |
| I find no fault in this just man | B |
Randall Jarrell
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