Barcelona Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM| The night before I left Milan | A |
| A mob jammed the Cathedral Square | B |
| And high the tide of passion ran | C |
| As politics befouled the air | B |
| A seething hell of human strife | D |
| I shrank back from its evil core | E |
| Seeing in this convulsive life | D |
| The living seeds of war | E |
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| To Barcelona then I came | F |
| And oh the heavenly release | G |
| From conflict and consuming flame | F |
| I knew the preciousness of peace | G |
| Such veneration for the law | H |
| How decorous was every one | I |
| And then significant I saw | H |
| Each copper packed a tommy gun | I |
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| Well maybe it is best that way | J |
| Peace can mean more than liberty | K |
| These people state directed may | J |
| Be happier than those more free | K |
| When politics wield evil grip | L |
| And warring factions rise and fall | M |
| Benevolent dictatorship | L |
| May be the answer after all | M |
Robert William Service
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