Music I Heard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH| Music I heard with you was more than music | A |
| And bread I broke with you was more than bread | B |
| Now that I am without you all is desolate | C |
| All that was once so beautiful is dead | B |
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| Your hands once touched this table and this silver | D |
| And I have seen your fingers hold this glass | E |
| These things do not remember you belov egrave d | F |
| And yet your touch upon them will not pass | E |
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| For it was in my heart you moved among them | G |
| And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes | H |
| And in my heart they will remember always | I |
| They knew you once O beautiful and wise | H |
Conrad Aiken
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Music I Heard is a poem by Conrad Aiken. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.