The Ghosts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGFCHCH IJIJKLML| Said Lenin's ghost to Stalin's ghost | A |
| Mate with me in the Tomb | B |
| Then day by day the rancid host | A |
| May gaze upon our doom | B |
| A crystal casket we will share | C |
| Come crusty Comrade come | D |
| And we will bear the public stare | C |
| Ad nauseum | D |
| Said Stalin's spook to Lenin's spook | E |
| Long have you held your place | F |
| The masses must be bored to look | G |
| Upon your chemic face | F |
| A change might be a good idear | C |
| And though I pity you | H |
| There is within the Tomb I fear | C |
| No room for two | H |
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| Said Lenin's wraith to Stalin's wraith | I |
| You're welcome to my job | J |
| Let millions of our mighty faith | I |
| Gaze on your noble nob | J |
| So when to goodly earth I've gone | K |
| And I'll be glad to go | L |
| Your carrion can carry on | M |
| Our waxwork show | L |
Robert William Service
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