Why The Classics Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEGHEEIJKEEAELJ EEEEJEMJANOPJEQRE| A | |
| in the fourth book of the Peloponnesian War | B |
| Thucydides tells among other things | C |
| the story of his unsuccessful expedition | D |
| among long speeches of chiefs | E |
| battles sieges plague | F |
| dense net of intrigues of diplomatic endeavours | E |
| the episode is like a pin | G |
| in a forest | H |
| the Greek colony Amphipolis | E |
| fell into the hands of Brasidos | E |
| because Thucydides was late with relief | I |
| for this he paid his native city | J |
| with lifelong exile | K |
| exiles of all times | E |
| know what price that is | E |
| A | |
| generals of the most recent wars | E |
| if a similar affair happens to them | L |
| whine on their knees before posterity | J |
| praise their heroism and innocence | E |
| they accuse their subordinates | E |
| envious colleagues | E |
| unfavourable winds | E |
| Thucydides says only | J |
| that he had seven ships | E |
| it was winter | M |
| and he sailed quickly | J |
| A | |
| if art for its subject | N |
| will have a broken jar | O |
| a small broken soul | P |
| with a great self pity | J |
| what will remain after us | E |
| will it be lovers' weeping | Q |
| in a small dirty hotel | R |
| when wall paper dawns | E |
Zbigniew Herbert
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