Identification In Belfast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEFGBBHIAI| I R A Bombing | A |
| - | |
| The British Army now carries two rifles | B |
| one with rubber rabbit pellets for children | C |
| the other's of course for the Provisionals | B |
| 'When they first showed me the boy I thought oh good | D |
| it's not him because he's blonde | E |
| I imagine his hair was singed dark by the bomb | F |
| He had nothing on him to identify him | G |
| except this box of joke trick matches | B |
| he liked to have them on him even at mass | B |
| The police were unhurried and wonderful | H |
| they let me go on trying to strike a match | I |
| I just wouldn't stop you cling to anything | A |
| I couldn't believe I couldn't light one match | I |
| only joke matches Then I knew he was Richard ' | - |
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