How Many Demands... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IEJE KLMNEEOE| How many demands the beloved can make | A |
| The woman discarded none | B |
| How glad I am that today the water | C |
| Under the colorless ice is motionless | D |
| - | |
| And I stand Christ help me | E |
| On this shroud that is brittle and bright | F |
| But save my letters | G |
| So that our descendants can decide | H |
| - | |
| So that you courageous and wise | I |
| Will be seen by them with greater clarity | E |
| Perhaps we may leave some gaps | J |
| In your glorious biography | E |
| - | |
| Too sweet is earthly drink | K |
| Too tight the nets of love | L |
| Sometime let the children read | M |
| My name in their lesson book | N |
| And on learning the sad story | E |
| Let them smile shyly | E |
| Since you've given me neither love nor peace | O |
| Grant me bitter glory | E |
Anna Akhmatova
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