Dead March Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQO ROO| Under the bunker where the reek of kerosene | A |
| Prepared the marriage rite leader and whore | B |
| Imperfect kindling even in this wind burn on | C |
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| Someone in uniform hums Brahms Servants prepare | D |
| Eyewitness stories as the night comes down as smoking coals await | E |
| Boots on the stone the occupying troops Howl ministers | F |
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| Deep in Kyffhauser Mountain's underground | G |
| The Holy Roman Emperor snores on in sleep enduring | H |
| Seven centuries His long red beard | I |
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| Grows through the table to the floor He moves a little | J |
| Far in the labyrinth low thunder rumbles and dies out | K |
| Twitch and lie still Is Hitler now in the Himalayas | L |
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| We are in Cleveland or Sioux Falls The architecture | M |
| Seems like Omaha the air pumped in from D uuml sseldorf | N |
| Cold rain keeps dripping just outside the bars The testicles | O |
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| Burst on the table as the commissar | P |
| Untwists the vise removes his gloves puts down | Q |
| Izvestia Old saboteurs controlled by Trotsky's | O |
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| Scheming and unconquered ghost still threaten Novgorod | R |
| And not far from the pits these bones of ours | O |
| Burned bleached and splintering are shoveled ready for the fields | O |
Weldon Kees
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