Samurai Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF ABG AHI AJG KJK LBM| When I had no roof I made | A |
| Audacity my roof When I had | B |
| No supper my eyes dined | C |
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| When I had no eyes I listened | D |
| When I had no ears I thought | E |
| When I had no thought I waited | F |
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| When I had no father I made | A |
| Care my father When I had | B |
| No mother I embraced order | G |
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| When I had no friend I made | A |
| Quiet my friend When I had no | H |
| Enemy I opposed my body | I |
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| When I had no temple I made | A |
| My voice my temple I have | J |
| No priest my tongue is my choir | G |
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| When I have no means fortune | K |
| Is my means When I have | J |
| Nothing death will be my fortune | K |
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| Need is my tactic detachment | L |
| Is my strategy When I had | B |
| No lover I courted my sleep | M |
Robert Pinsky
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