To The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKIK LBGL MN| The Muse my sister looked in my face | A |
| her gaze was bright and clear | B |
| and she took away my golden ring | C |
| the gift of the virginal year | B |
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| Muse everyone else is happy | D |
| girls wives widows all around | E |
| I swear I d rather die on the rack | F |
| than live fettered and bound | E |
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| In time I ll join the guessing game | G |
| pluck petals from the daisy s wheel | H |
| Each creature on this earth I know | I |
| must suffer love s ordeal | H |
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| Tonight I pine for no one | J |
| alone in my candlelit room | K |
| but I don t don t don t want to know | I |
| who s kissing whom | K |
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| At dawn the mirrors mocking will say | L |
| Your gaze is not bright or clear | B |
| I ll sigh The Muse my sister came | G |
| and took the gift of gifts away | L |
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| from Vercher Evening Poets Guild | M |
| Translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward | N |
Anna Akhmatova
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