Lies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDAEFGHIIIIIJKLMN FOIKPQNNROS N| Lying to the young is wrong | A |
| Proving to them that lies are true is wrong | A |
| Telling them | B |
| that God's in his heaven | C |
| and all's well with the world | D |
| is wrong | A |
| They know what you mean | E |
| They are people too | F |
| Tell them the difficulties | G |
| can't be counted | H |
| and let them see | I |
| not only | I |
| what will be | I |
| but see | I |
| with clarity | I |
| these present times | J |
| Say obstacles exist they must encounter | K |
| sorrow comes | L |
| hardship happens | M |
| The hell with it | N |
| Who never knew | F |
| the price of happiness | O |
| will not be happy | I |
| Forgive no error | K |
| you recognize | P |
| it will repeat itself | Q |
| a hundredfold | N |
| and afterward | N |
| our pupils | R |
| will not forgive in us | O |
| what we forgave | S |
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| Translated by Robin Milner Gulland and Peter Levi revised | N |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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