In Human Closeness There Is A Secret Edge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GHIJ| In human closeness there is a secret edge | A |
| Nor love nor passion can pass it above | B |
| Let lips with lips be joined in silent rage | C |
| And hearts be burst asunder with the love | B |
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| And friendship too is powerless plot | D |
| And so years of bliss with noble tends | E |
| When your heart is free and known not | D |
| The slow languor of the earthy sense | F |
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| And they who strive to reach this edge are mad | G |
| But they who reached are shocked with anguish hard | H |
| Now you know why beneath your hand | I |
| You do not feel the beating of my heart | J |
Anna Akhmatova
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