Pentecost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCA DEF GHI JJK| After the death of our son | 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 | A |
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| Nor the morning's ache for dream's illusion nor any prayers | D |
| Improvised to an unknowable god | E |
| Can extinguish the flame | F |
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| We are not as we were Death has been our pentecost | G |
| And our innocence consumed by these implacable | H |
| Tongues of fire | I |
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| Comfort me with stones Quench my thirst with sand | J |
| I offer you this scarred and guilty hand | J |
| Until others mix our ashes | K |
Dana Gioia
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