At A Certain Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHCIEJKLMNC| We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers | A |
| White clouds refused to accept them and the wind | B |
| Was too busy visiting sea after sea | C |
| We did not succeed in interesting the animals | D |
| Dogs disappointed expected an order | E |
| A cat as always immoral was falling asleep | F |
| A person seemingly very close | G |
| Did not care to hear of things long past | H |
| Conversations with friends over vodka or coffee | C |
| Ought not be prolonged beyond the first sign of boredom | I |
| It would be humiliating to pay by the hour | E |
| A man with a diploma just for listening | J |
| Churches Perhaps churches But to confess there what | K |
| That we used to see ourselves as handsome and noble | L |
| Yet later in our place an ugly toad | M |
| Half opens its thick eyelid | N |
| And one sees clearly That's me | C |
Czeslaw Milosz
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