Answers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDC EF GHI A| I kept my answers small and kept them near | A |
| Big questions bruised my mind but still I let | B |
| Small answers be a bullwark to my fear | A |
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| The huge abstractions I kept from the light | C |
| Small things I handled and caressed and loved | D |
| I let the stars assume the whole of night | C |
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| But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life Their great audacity | E |
| Shouted to be acknowledged and believed | F |
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| Even when all small answers build up to | G |
| Protection of my spirit still I hear | H |
| Big answers striving for their overthrow | I |
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| And all the great conclusions coming near | A |
Dame Edith Sitwell
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