Cruel Days Did Pay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJIK LMNOPII QRRISTU IIIVIWSXYIWZ FA2FFWB2C2NRFID2 E2| The time that I first saw the light | A |
| Sun turned into darkness | B |
| Of the billows of smoke | C |
| From the warship | D |
| Lifeless bodies sprawled | E |
| Tora Tora Tora | F |
| A shout from one of the Axis Powers | G |
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| The moon did not shine | H |
| Stars were hidden by the dusty clouds | I |
| Tremors shook the earth | J |
| Hunger thirst and nakedness | I |
| Enveloped my childhood | K |
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| In my youth | L |
| As tender as the rose bud | M |
| I just hold on to dear life | N |
| While my friends danced | O |
| Laughed out loud | P |
| Turned nights | I |
| As their happiest lives | I |
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| Like an owl | Q |
| I made nighttime | R |
| Into daytime | R |
| Used my hands | I |
| Until they were tender and swollen | S |
| Pounded my mind | T |
| Until it was numb | U |
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| Same as the ants | I |
| I worked during hot and rainy days | I |
| Hoarded all things | I |
| I can hold | V |
| Trash of others | I |
| I made them | W |
| A mountain of fortune | S |
| Clothes that I have worn | X |
| Were all hand me down | Y |
| Tears that came down my eyes | I |
| I made them | W |
| My daily table salt | Z |
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| Now stars are hiding no more | F |
| Crowned with laurels of my own | A2 |
| But I will never | F |
| No never | F |
| Intend to sit on them | W |
| Afraid to let them go | B2 |
| I continue | C2 |
| The cycle of my life | N |
| Haggled over every last dime | R |
| To ensure | F |
| That cruel days | I |
| Will not take control | D2 |
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| Copyright Rose Marie Juan Austin All Rights Reserved | E2 |
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