Interregnum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCACD CBEEBD CDFGFD CDHDCH| Butcher the evil millionaire peasant | A |
| And leave him stinking in the square | B |
| Torture the chancellor Leave the ambassador | C |
| Strung by his thumbs from the pleasant | A |
| Embassy wall where the vines were | C |
| Then drill your hogs and sons for another war | D |
| - | |
| Fire on the screaming crowd ambassador | C |
| Sick chancellor brave millionaire | B |
| And name them by the name that is your name | E |
| Give privilege to the wound and maim | E |
| The last resister Poison the air | B |
| And mew for peace for order and for war | D |
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| View with alarm participant observer | C |
| Buried in medals from the time before | D |
| Whisper then believe and serve and die | F |
| And drape fresh bunting on the hemisphere | G |
| From here to India This is the world you buy | F |
| When the wind blows fresh for war | D |
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| Hide in the dark alone objector | C |
| Ask a grenade what you are living for | D |
| Or drink this knowledge from the mud | H |
| To an abyss more terrible than war | D |
| Descend and tunnel toward a barrier | C |
| Away from anything that moves with blood | H |
Weldon Kees
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