Here Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCC DED FFF GGG BBB HHI| I am a man now | A |
| Pass your hand over my brow | A |
| You can feel the place where the brains grow | B |
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| I am like a tree | C |
| From my top boughs I can see | C |
| The footprints that led up to me | C |
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| There is blood in my veins | D |
| That has run clear of the stain | E |
| Contracted in so many loins | D |
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| Why then are my hands red | F |
| With the blood of so many dead | F |
| Is this where I was misled | F |
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| Why are my hands this way | G |
| That they will not do as I say | G |
| Does no God hear when I pray | G |
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| I have no where to go | B |
| The swift satellites show | B |
| The clock of my whole being is slow | B |
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| It is too late to start | H |
| For destinations not of the heart | H |
| I must stay here with my hurt | I |
Ronald Stuart Thomas
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