Boots Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIFJKALMNONPFF QCRPSPTSUALPPPP RPOV WAFPPXYLLRZA2PDOB2AA C2TRA2PAPPPA D2

To K VanshenkinA
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Our railway car was like a gypsy campB
Raucous shouting everywhereC
The left platform stuffed with hayD
sailors sleeping like godsE
'Marusya ' someone bellowed softlyF
A red haired cat gulped cabbage soupG
A somber fellow was being taughtH
never to cheat at cardsI
Hamming it up wasn't new to meF
and I became famous in those circlesJ
thanks to my tall American bootsK
OneA
after anotherL
took me by the elbowM
asking me to sell themN
but IO
only let them pat themN
and tap them on the solesP
But below meF
on the way to some YetkulF
a boy my ageQ
with a thick head of hairC
was travelingR
barefoot in enormous riding breechesP
And so whatS
if I have bootsP
and he is barefootT
well so whatS
but for some reason I triedU
to look at him less oftenA
I don't rememberL
in just what placeP
our train stopped for five minutesP
The whole car was excited by the newsP
'BrothersP
they are giving out something '-
Half asleep dimly cursing everythingR
I wanted to put on my bootsP
but someone screamed running byO
'You're going to be lateV
Get a move on '-
I ran offW
but in the frightening dinA
by the station hallF
in the distanceP
and with my bootsP
I caught sight of that boyX
Took off in a storm after the thiefY
I was righteous in mighty angerL
I jumped from one car buffer to anotherL
tearing my pants on somethingR
Chased after him with all my strengthZ
I pinned him to a train carA2
where giving back my boots in silenceP
he suddenly burst out crying and ran awayD
And IO
in a kind of shockB2
stared and stared through the slanting rainA
as he ranA
over the raw groundC2
of autumn crying barefootT
Then the imposing portfolio carryingR
chief old resident of the carA2
offered me half a glassP
of Novosibirsk port wineA
Girls patched my pantsP
assuring me that it was not seriousP
and out the window power linesP
flew up and then dove downA
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Translated by Albert C ToddD2

Yevgeny Yevtushenko



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