Ancient History Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACAD EFEFGG| Adam a brown old vulture in the rain | A |
| Shivered below his wind whipped olive trees | B |
| Huddling sharp chin on scarred and scraggy knees | B |
| He moaned and mumbled to his darkening brain | A |
| 'He was the grandest of them all was Cain | A |
| 'A lion laired in the hills that none could tire | C |
| 'Swift as a stag a stallion of the plain | A |
| 'Hungry and fierce with deeds of huge desire ' | D |
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| Grimly he thought of Abel soft and fair | E |
| A lover with disaster in his face | F |
| And scarlet blossom twisted in bright hair | E |
| 'Afraid to fight was murder more disgrace | F |
| 'God always hated Cain' He bowed his head | G |
| The gaunt wild man whose lovely sons were dead | G |
Siegfried Sassoon
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