Pentecost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFG HIJ KKL| i After the death of our son i | A |
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| Neither the sorrows of afternoon waiting in the silent house | B |
| Nor the night no sleep relieves when memory | C |
| Repeats its prosecution | D |
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| Nor the morning's ache for dream's illusion nor any prayers | E |
| Improvised to an unknowable god | F |
| Can extinguish the flame | G |
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| We are not as we were Death has been our pentecost | H |
| And our innocence consumed by these implacable | I |
| Tongues of fire | J |
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| Comfort me with stones Quench my thirst with sand | K |
| I offer you this scarred and guilty hand | K |
| Until others mix our ashes | L |
Dana Gioia
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